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Table 2 Proportion of patients with BP at target (total N = 249)

From: Secondary prevention after ischaemic stroke: the ASPIRE-S study

 

Proportion of patients at target

BP target

All patients

With diagnosed hypertension

No hypertension diagnosed

P-value

≤130/80a

40 (16.1 %)

15 (10.5 %)

25 (23.6 %)

p = 0.005

≤140/90b

91 (36.6 %)

43 (30.1 %)

48 (45.3 %)

p < 0.05

≤135/85c

69 (27.7 %)

31 (21.7 %)

38 (35.6 %)

p < 0.05

  1. BP blood pressure
  2. aTarget from European guidelines on cardiovascular disease protection (high-risk patients) [15] & UK RCP National Clinical Guideline on Stroke [5] & ESH Guideline 2007 [20] (after stroke)
  3. bTarget used in EUROASPIRE studies [9]
  4. cTarget in IHF guideline on stroke [6]; p-values apply to comparisons between those with and without diagnosis of hypertension
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