Systolic Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Risk in Patients With Diabetes: A Prospective Cohort Study

30 December 2022

Hypertension

Shishir Rao, Yikuan Li, Milad Nazarzadeh, Dexter Canoy, Mohammad Mamouei, Abdelaali Hassaine, Gholamreza Salimi-Khorshidi, Kazem Rahimi

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Whether the association between systolic blood pressure (SBP) and risk of cardiovascular disease is monotonic or whether there is a nadir of optimal blood pressure remains controversial. We investigated the association between SBP and cardiovascular events in patients with diabetes across the full spectrum of SBP.