Relative and Absolute Risk to Guide the Management of Pulse Pressure, an Age-Related Cardiovascular Risk Factor.
Jesus D MelgarejoLutgarde ThijsDong-Mei WeiMichael BursztynWen-Yi YangYan LiKei AsayamaTine W HansenMasahiro KikuyaTakayoshi OhkuboEamon DolanKatarzyna Stolarz-SkrzypekYi-Bang ChengValérie TikhonoffSofia MalyutinaEdoardo CasigliaLars LindEdgardo SandoyaJan FilipovskýKrzysztof NarkiewiczNatasza Gilis-MalinowskaKalina Kawecka-JaszczJosé BoggiaJi-Guang WangYutaka ImaiPeter VerhammeSander TrensonStefan JanssensEoin O'BrienGladys E MaestreBenjamin GavishJan A StaessenZhen-Yu ZhangPublished in: American journal of hypertension (2021)
From 50 years onwards, the PP-related relative risk decreases, whereas absolute risk increases. From a lifecourse perspective, young adulthood provides a window of opportunity to manage risk factors and prevent target organ damage as forerunner of premature death and MACE. In older adults, treatment should address absolute risk, thereby extending life in years and quality.