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Table 3 Ethnicity-specific thresholds of systolic blood pressure yielding risks equivalent to those associated with recommended thresholds in the white population with/without hypertension treatment

From: Ethnicity-specific blood pressure thresholds based on cardiovascular and renal complications: a prospective study in the UK Biobank

  

Risk-equivalent threshold (mm Hg)b

ESH thresholds (mm Hg)c

Incidence rate (95% CI) per 1000 person-years in Whitea

South Asian

Black Caribbean

Black African

Treated

 120

7.85 (7.38,8.33)

96

156

155

 130

8.24 (7.86,8.61)

106

166

165

 140

8.64 (8.34,8.94)

116

176

175

Untreated

 120

3.35 (3.27,3.43)

104

134

149

 130

3.66 (3.59,3.72)

114

144

159

 140

3.99 (3.93,4.05)

124

154

169

  1. Abbreviation: IR Incidence rate, CI Confidence interval, eGFR Estimated glomerular filtration rate, BMI Body mass index, LDL-C Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, ESH European Society of Hypertension
  2. aPredicted incidence rate was for the composite outcome of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, heart failure, and chronic kidney disease, adjusted for age, sex, BMI, income, education, drinking status, smoking status, diabetes status, hypertension medication, cholesterol-lowering medication, LDL-C, HDL-C, triglycerides, eGFR, Townsend deprivation index, and physical activities
  3. bRisk-equivalence thresholds were rounded to the nearest whole number
  4. cThe ESH guidelines recommend the following systolic blood pressure categories: optimal (< 120 mm Hg), normal (120–129 mm Hg), high normal (130–139 mm Hg), and grade 1 hypertension (140–159 mm Hg)
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