Abstract:
Objective To assess the association between time in target range for systolic blood pressure (SBP-TTR) and left ventricular enlargement.
Methods A total of 33 907 participants from the Kailuan Study who completed at least two health check-ups between 2006 and 2020 and underwent echocardiography after their last check-up were analyzed. The SBP-TTR was calculated using the linear interpolation method, with the target ranges of systolic blood pressure (SBP) set as the standard target (120 to 140 mmHg) and the intensive target (110 to 130 mmHg), respectively. Participants were divided into four groups according to the quartiles of SBP-TTR. Poisson regression model was used to investigate the association between SBP-TTR and left ventricular enlargement. Restricted cubic splines were used to visualize the dose-response relationship between SBP-TTR and the risk of left ventricular enlargement.
Results When the target range of SBP was the standard target, the proportions of left ventricular enlargement in the SBP-TTR 0% to 25%, > 25% to 50%, > 50% to 75%, and > 75% to 100% groups were 14.10% (1962/13916), 10.40% (683/6565), 9.38% (586/6250), and 9.99% (717/7176), respectively. A comparison among the four groups showed statistically significant differences (χ2 = 141.628, P<0.001). After adjusting for confounding factors, Poisson regression analysis showed that when the target range of SBP was the standard target, compared with the group with SBP-TTR of 0 to 25%, the risk of left ventricular enlargement in the other three groups gradually decreased (P for trend = 0.008), with RR (95%CI) values of 0.99 (0.90 to 1.08), 0.92 (0.84 to 1.02), and 0.89 (0.82 to 0.98), respectively. For every one standard deviation increase in SBP-TTR, the risk of left ventricular enlargement decreases by 4% (RR = 0.96, 95%CI: 0.93 to 0.99). When the target range of SBP was the intensive target, compared with the group with SBP-TTR of 0 to 25%, the risk of left ventricular enlargement in the other three groups gradually decreased (P for trend < 0.001), with RR (95%CI) values of 0.95 (0.86 to 1.05), 0.86 (0.77 to 0.96), and 0.72 (0.65 to 0.80), respectively. For every one standard deviation increase in SBP-TTR, the risk of left ventricular enlargement decreases by 11% (RR = 0.89, 95%CI: 0.85 to 0.92). After adjusted for baseline blood pressure and traditional risk factors, the association between SBP-TTR and left ventricular enlargement remained significant.
Conclusion SBP-TTR is negatively correlated with left ventricular enlargement, and the effect of intensive blood pressure control is more significant.