Modelling the potential impact of population-wide and targeted high-risk blood pressure-lowering strategies on cardiovascular disease in China

作者:Qin Xueying; Jackson Rod; Marshall Roger; Lee Liming; Cao Weihua; Zhan Siyan; Hu Yonghua*
来源:European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation, 2009, 16(1): 96-101.
DOI:10.1097/HJR.0b013e32831fd6de

摘要

Background To estimate the impact of population-wide and high-risk blood pressure-lowering strategies on cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence in China. Design A modelling study based on a community cohort of 30 362 men and women aged 35-74 years in urban Shanghai, China, 3.3% of whom have existing CVD. Methods We modelled three blood pressure-lowering strategies: population-wide salt reduction, or anti hypertensive drug treatment (following Chinese guidelines) for two subpopulations with either high blood pressure (>= 150/95 mmHg), or high baseline-predicted CVD risk ( >= 10% in 10 years based on a multivariate risk model). Avoidable CVD events were estimated by applying a range of relative risk reductions in CVD, 5-7.5% for population-wide salt reduction and 20-25% for drug treatment derived from meta-analyses. Drug compliance was assumed to be 50%. Results Population-wide salt reduction would avoid 240-362 events per 100 000 population over 10 years. Drug treatment for the 14.1 % of people with raised blood pressure could avoid 217-273 events, whereas treating the 14.2% of people with predicted 10-year CVD risk over 10% would avoid 310-385 events. Of the prevented events, 70-80% would occur in over 60 years and almost a third of the events were predicted to occur among the 3.3% of people with prevalent CVD. Conclusion Population-wide and high-risk blood pressure-lowering strategies would have a similar impact on CVD incidence in urban China. The expected epidemic of CVD could be reduced by highly targeted drug treatment while more sustainable population-wide strategies are put in place.