Diastolic blood pressure levels after first-ever myocardial infarction (MI) by cohort, sex and age: the Tromsø Study 1994–2016
| Age at MI | MI-cohort I, 1994–2008 | MI-cohort II, 2007–2016 | ||||||
| N | 1994–1995 | 2007–2008 | Change (95% CI) | N | 2007–2008 | 2015–2016 | Change (95% CI) | |
| Overall | 396 | 85.6 (11.4) | 76.7 (11.0) | −8.9 (−10.1 to − 7.6) | 131 | 82.5 (10.6) | 73.6 (12.4) | −8.9 (−11.3 to − 6.6) |
| <65 years | 217 | 85.6 (11.8) | 78.2 (10.8) | −7.3 (−9.1 to − 5.6) | 54 | 83.4 (13.0) | 75.6 (11.0) | −7.9 (−11.2 to − 4.5) |
| ≥65 years | 179 | 85.7 (10.9) | 74.9 (11.0) | −10.8 (−12.5 to − 9.0) | 77 | 81.9 (8.60) | 72.2 (13.2) | −9.7 (−13.0 to − 6.4) |
| Women | ||||||||
| Crude | 129 | 85.2 (13.0) | 74.8 (11.8) | −10.4 (−12.7 to − 8.1) | 44 | 79.1 (9.1) | 72.8 (10.9) | −6.3 (−9.7 to − 2.9) |
| Age-adjusted | 129 | 84.7 (13.0) | 75.3 (11.8) | −9.4 (−11.6 to − 7.3) | 44 | 78.9 (9.1) | 73.4 (10.9) | −5.5 (−9.7 to − 1.4) |
| Men | ||||||||
| Crude | 267 | 85.8 (10.5) | 77.6 (10.5) | −8.1 (−9.6 to − 6.7) | 87 | 84.2 (11.0) | 74.0 (13.1) | −10.3 (−13.3 to −7.2) |
| Age-adjusted | 267 | 86.0 (10.5) | 77.4 (10.5) | −8.6 (−10.1 to − 7.1) | 87 | 84.3 (11.0) | 73.7 (13.1) | −10.6 (−13.6 to −7.7) |
Values are number, mean (SD or 95% CI) mm Hg.