Comment on Bress et al. Effect of Intensive Versus Standard Blood Pressure Treatment According to Baseline Prediabetes Status: A Post Hoc Analysis of a Randomized Trial. Diabetes Care 2017;40:1401–1408 | Zendy

João Sérgio Neves | Zendy; Miguel Bigotte Vieira | Zendy; Lia Leitão | Zendy; Catarina Viegas Dias | Zendy; Rita Magriço | Zendy; Ana Oliveira | Zendy; Davide Carvalho | Zendy

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Comment on Bress et al. Effect of Intensive Versus Standard Blood Pressure Treatment According to Baseline Prediabetes Status: A Post Hoc Analysis of a Randomized Trial. Diabetes Care 2017;40:1401–1408

Author(s) -

João Sérgio Neves,

Miguel Bigotte Vieira,

Lia Leitão,

Catarina Viegas Dias,

Rita Magriço,

Ana Oliveira,

Davide Carvalho

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

diabetes care

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 6.636

H-Index - 363

eISSN - 1935-5548

pISSN - 0149-5992

DOI - 10.2337/dc17-2311

Subject(s) - medicine , prediabetes , post hoc analysis , diabetes mellitus , randomized controlled trial , post hoc , blood pressure , type 2 diabetes , physical therapy , endocrinology

We read with interest the article by Bress et al. (1) reporting on the effect of intensive versus standard blood pressure treatment according to baseline prediabetes status in a post hoc analysis of the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT). The authors concluded that the beneficial effects of intensive blood pressure treatment were similar among patients with prediabetes and patients with normoglycemia. We have participated in the SPRINT Data Analysis Challenge (2), and we also analyzed the effects of glycemia status in this population. Whereas we agree with the conclusions presented by the authors, we believe it is also important to assess the effect …

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