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FRIDAY, March 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — From 2007 to 2017, there was an increase in mortality rates due to hypertension (HTN)-related cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a research letter published online March 19 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology<\/i> to coincide with the virtual meeting of the American College of Cardiology together with the World Congress of Cardiology, held from March 28 to 30.<\/p>\n
Lakshmi Nambiar, M.D., from the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine in Burlington, and colleagues analyzed age-adjusted mortality rates attributed to HTN-related CVD from death certificates for the years 2007 to 2017.<\/p>\n
The researchers found that from 2007 to 2017, there was a significant increase in age-adjusted death rates due to HTN-related CVD over time, from 18.3 to 23.0 per 100,000. In rural and urban populations, the age-adjusted death rates increased by 72 and 20 percent, respectively; increases were seen in each region. For all groups, there were increases in age-adjusted death rates over time, with the absolute highest rates of death in patients aged 65 to 74 years at every time point. For all time points, HTN-related CVD death rates were higher among men than women (2017: 25.7 versus 20.3), but significant increases in death rates were seen for both sexes over time.<\/p>\n
“This is a public health emergency that has not been fully recognized,” Nambiar said in a statement. “These findings are alarming and warrant further investigation, as well as preventative efforts.”<\/p>\n
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