Home Pulse Rate Before and During Antihypertensive Treatment and Mortality Risk in Hypertensive Patients: A Post Hoc Analysis of the HOMED‐BP Study

Background Although a high pulse rate assessed in the clinic office setting has been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality, there are few studies assessing the prognostic ability of out‐of‐office pulse rate, particularly self‐measured home pulse rate. Methods and...

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Main Authors: Takahiro Kimura, Masahiro Kikuya, Kei Asayama, Yukako Tatsumi, Yutaka Imai, Takayoshi Ohkubo
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Published: Wiley 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.124.037292
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Masahiro Kikuya
Kei Asayama
Yukako Tatsumi
Yutaka Imai
Takayoshi Ohkubo
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Kei Asayama
Yukako Tatsumi
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description Background Although a high pulse rate assessed in the clinic office setting has been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality, there are few studies assessing the prognostic ability of out‐of‐office pulse rate, particularly self‐measured home pulse rate. Methods and Results We investigated the prognostic ability of home pulse rate in 3022 patients with mild‐to‐moderate hypertension. During a median follow‐up of 7.3 years, 72 patients died and 50 had major adverse cardiovascular events. For each 1 SD increase in pulse rate before treatment (9.4 beats per minute), the adjusted hazard ratio for all‐cause mortality was 1.52 (95% CI, 1.24–1.92). For each 1 SD increase in pulse rate during the follow‐up period (9.9 beats per minute), the adjusted hazard ratio was 1.70 (95% CI, 1.39–2.08). However, pulse rate was not significantly associated with major adverse cardiovascular events. When both home pulse rate and office pulse rate before treatment were included in a Cox model, only the home pulse rate significantly predicted all‐cause mortality (P ≤0.019). Excluding the home pulse rate from the model led to a significant deterioration of the model fit statistic (P ≤0.020). The optimal cut‐off values of home pulse rate in predicting all‐cause mortality, determined by Youden's index from a receiver operator characteristic analysis, were 67.8 beats per minute at baseline and 66.4 beats per minute during follow‐up. Conclusions In patients with mild‐to‐moderate hypertension, the pulse rate measured at home, both before and during antihypertensive treatment, was associated with mortality risk and has superior prognostic ability compared with office pulse rate. The accuracy of risk stratification may be improved by using a home pulse rate, which can be self‐measured easily and frequently at home. Registration URL: https://www.umin.ac.jp/ctr; Unique identifier: C000000137.
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spelling doaj-art-4e05fefd159f4df9b7e88214e2ec77be2025-08-20T02:36:49ZengWileyJournal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease2047-99802024-12-01132410.1161/JAHA.124.037292Home Pulse Rate Before and During Antihypertensive Treatment and Mortality Risk in Hypertensive Patients: A Post Hoc Analysis of the HOMED‐BP StudyTakahiro Kimura0Masahiro Kikuya1Kei Asayama2Yukako Tatsumi3Yutaka Imai4Takayoshi Ohkubo5Department of Hygiene and Public Health Teikyo University School of Medicine Tokyo JapanDepartment of Hygiene and Public Health Teikyo University School of Medicine Tokyo JapanDepartment of Hygiene and Public Health Teikyo University School of Medicine Tokyo JapanDepartment of Hygiene and Public Health Teikyo University School of Medicine Tokyo JapanTohoku Institute for Management of Blood Pressure Sendai JapanDepartment of Hygiene and Public Health Teikyo University School of Medicine Tokyo JapanBackground Although a high pulse rate assessed in the clinic office setting has been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality, there are few studies assessing the prognostic ability of out‐of‐office pulse rate, particularly self‐measured home pulse rate. Methods and Results We investigated the prognostic ability of home pulse rate in 3022 patients with mild‐to‐moderate hypertension. During a median follow‐up of 7.3 years, 72 patients died and 50 had major adverse cardiovascular events. For each 1 SD increase in pulse rate before treatment (9.4 beats per minute), the adjusted hazard ratio for all‐cause mortality was 1.52 (95% CI, 1.24–1.92). For each 1 SD increase in pulse rate during the follow‐up period (9.9 beats per minute), the adjusted hazard ratio was 1.70 (95% CI, 1.39–2.08). However, pulse rate was not significantly associated with major adverse cardiovascular events. When both home pulse rate and office pulse rate before treatment were included in a Cox model, only the home pulse rate significantly predicted all‐cause mortality (P ≤0.019). Excluding the home pulse rate from the model led to a significant deterioration of the model fit statistic (P ≤0.020). The optimal cut‐off values of home pulse rate in predicting all‐cause mortality, determined by Youden's index from a receiver operator characteristic analysis, were 67.8 beats per minute at baseline and 66.4 beats per minute during follow‐up. Conclusions In patients with mild‐to‐moderate hypertension, the pulse rate measured at home, both before and during antihypertensive treatment, was associated with mortality risk and has superior prognostic ability compared with office pulse rate. The accuracy of risk stratification may be improved by using a home pulse rate, which can be self‐measured easily and frequently at home. Registration URL: https://www.umin.ac.jp/ctr; Unique identifier: C000000137.https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.124.037292cardiovascular diseasecohort studyheart ratehome blood pressureneoplasmself‐measured
spellingShingle Takahiro Kimura
Masahiro Kikuya
Kei Asayama
Yukako Tatsumi
Yutaka Imai
Takayoshi Ohkubo
Home Pulse Rate Before and During Antihypertensive Treatment and Mortality Risk in Hypertensive Patients: A Post Hoc Analysis of the HOMED‐BP Study
Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
cardiovascular disease
cohort study
heart rate
home blood pressure
neoplasm
self‐measured
title Home Pulse Rate Before and During Antihypertensive Treatment and Mortality Risk in Hypertensive Patients: A Post Hoc Analysis of the HOMED‐BP Study
title_full Home Pulse Rate Before and During Antihypertensive Treatment and Mortality Risk in Hypertensive Patients: A Post Hoc Analysis of the HOMED‐BP Study
title_fullStr Home Pulse Rate Before and During Antihypertensive Treatment and Mortality Risk in Hypertensive Patients: A Post Hoc Analysis of the HOMED‐BP Study
title_full_unstemmed Home Pulse Rate Before and During Antihypertensive Treatment and Mortality Risk in Hypertensive Patients: A Post Hoc Analysis of the HOMED‐BP Study
title_short Home Pulse Rate Before and During Antihypertensive Treatment and Mortality Risk in Hypertensive Patients: A Post Hoc Analysis of the HOMED‐BP Study
title_sort home pulse rate before and during antihypertensive treatment and mortality risk in hypertensive patients a post hoc analysis of the homed bp study
topic cardiovascular disease
cohort study
heart rate
home blood pressure
neoplasm
self‐measured
url https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.124.037292
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