Effect of Presence versus Absence of Hypertension on Admission Heart Rate-Associated Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome

Table 3

Multivariate Cox proportional hazards analyses for MACEs according to the presence or absence of hypertension.

	HR (95% CI)	value
Overall population
Admission heart rate ≤66 bpm	Reference	—
Admission heart rate 67–73 bpm	1.024 (0.710–1.479)	0.897
Admission heart rate ≥74 bpm	1.459 (1.037–2.051)	0.030
Absence of hypertension	Reference	—
Presence of hypertension	0.967 (0.705–1.327)	0.835
Absence of hypertension
Admission heart rate ≤66 bpm	Reference	—
Admission heart rate 67–73 bpm	0.744 (0.406–1.364)	0.339
Admission heart rate ≥74 bpm	0.614 (0.342–1.101)	0.102
Presence of hypertension
Admission heart rate ≤66 bpm	Reference	—
Admission heart rate 67–73 bpm	1.143 (0.700–1.864)	0.594
Admission heart rate ≥74 bpm	2.062 (1.300–3.270)	0.002

MACE: all-cause death, nonfatal stroke, nonfatal MI, or unplanned repeat revascularization. MACEs, major adverse cardiovascular events; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval.