Affiliation:
1. Department of Cardiology University Hospitals Dorset Poole Hospital Poole UK
2. Faculty of Health & Social Sciences Bournemouth University Bournemouth UK
Abstract
AbstractThe ambulatory arterial stiffness index (AASI) is a novel measure of both blood pressure (BP) variability and arterial stiffness. This systematic review and meta‐analysis was designed to evaluate the strength of the association between AASI and mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). PubMed, Scopus, CINAHL, Google Scholar. and the Cochrane library were searched for relevant studies to July 31, 2023. Two investigators independently extracted data. The Newcastle‐Ottawa Scale (NOS) was used to assess the quality of all included articles. The relationship between baseline AASI and outcomes were examined using relative risk (RR) ratios with 95% confidence intervals (CI) with RevMan web. Thirteen studies were included and representing 28 855 adult patients who were followed up from 2.2 to 15.2 years. A 1‐standard deviation (1‐SD) increase in AASI was associated with a significant increase in all‐cause death (RR 1.12; 95% CI: 0.95‐1.32), stroke (RR 1.25; 95% CI: 1.09‐1.44), and MACE (RR 1.07; 95% CI: 1.01‐1.13; [I2 = 32%]). Higher dichotomized AASI (above vs. below researcher defined cut‐offs) was associated with a significant increase in all‐cause mortality (RR 1.19; 95% CI: 1.06‐1.32), cardiovascular death (RR 1.29; 95% CI: 1.14‐1.46), stroke (RR 1.57; 95% CI: 1.33‐1.85), and MACE (RR1.29; 95% CI: 1.16‐1.44). There was a significant risk of bias in more than 50% of studies with no evidence of significant publication bias. Higher AASI is associated with an increased risk of all‐cause and cardiovascular death, stroke, and MACE. Further high‐quality studies are warranted to determine reproducible AASI cut‐offs to enhance its clinical risk precision.
Subject
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism,Internal Medicine
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