Ruey-Hsing Chou1, Chia-Jen Liu2, Tze-Fan Chao3, Su-Jung Chen4, Ta-Chuan Tuan5, Tzeng-Ji Chen6, Shih-Ann Chen1. 1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Clinical Medicine, and Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan. 2. Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Public Health and School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan. 3. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Clinical Medicine, and Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: eyckeyck@gmail.com. 4. Institute of Public Health and School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. 5. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Clinical Medicine, and Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Division of Cardiology, Taipei Municipal Gan-Dau Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. 6. Department of Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Orthostatic hypotension (OH) is a common condition encountered in the elderly. The present study aimed to examine the relationship between OH and adverse events in Asians. METHODS: We used the "National Health Insurance Research Database" in Taiwan. A total of 1226 patients with OH and without previous history of ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction were identified as the study group. For each study patient, ten age-, sex- and comorbidity-matched subjects without OH were selected to constitute the control group (n = 12,260). The clinical endpoints were ischemic stroke, myocardial infarction and all-cause mortality. RESULTS: The mean age of the study population was 54.8 ± 19.0 years and males accounted for 47% of the patients. During the follow-up of 4.5 ± 2.9 years, 704 (5.2%) patients developed ischemic stroke, 190 (1.4%) patients developed myocardial infarction, and 733 (5.4%) patients died. In the multivariable Cox regression analyses which were adjusted for age, gender and differences in medication usages, OH was significantly associated with an increased risk of ischemic stroke (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.40, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.09-1.81, p = 0.009), all-cause mortality (HR = 1.35; 95% CI = 1.05-1.73, p = 0.018) and adverse events (ischemic stroke, myocardial infarction or mortality) (HR = 1.41; 95% CI = 1.18-1.68, p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: OH is an independent factor associated with ischemic stroke and mortality in Asians. Whether aggressive managements for stroke prevention could improve the outcome for OH patients deserves further study.
BACKGROUND:Orthostatic hypotension (OH) is a common condition encountered in the elderly. The present study aimed to examine the relationship between OH and adverse events in Asians. METHODS: We used the "National Health Insurance Research Database" in Taiwan. A total of 1226 patients with OH and without previous history of ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction were identified as the study group. For each study patient, ten age-, sex- and comorbidity-matched subjects without OH were selected to constitute the control group (n = 12,260). The clinical endpoints were ischemic stroke, myocardial infarction and all-cause mortality. RESULTS: The mean age of the study population was 54.8 ± 19.0 years and males accounted for 47% of the patients. During the follow-up of 4.5 ± 2.9 years, 704 (5.2%) patients developed ischemic stroke, 190 (1.4%) patients developed myocardial infarction, and 733 (5.4%) patients died. In the multivariable Cox regression analyses which were adjusted for age, gender and differences in medication usages, OH was significantly associated with an increased risk of ischemic stroke (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.40, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.09-1.81, p = 0.009), all-cause mortality (HR = 1.35; 95% CI = 1.05-1.73, p = 0.018) and adverse events (ischemic stroke, myocardial infarction or mortality) (HR = 1.41; 95% CI = 1.18-1.68, p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: OH is an independent factor associated with ischemic stroke and mortality in Asians. Whether aggressive managements for stroke prevention could improve the outcome for OH patients deserves further study.
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