Admission blood pressure indexes and risk of in-hospital death and dependency among acute hemorrhagic stroke patients, Inner Mongolia, China.

PURPOSE To study the association between blood pressure (BP) SBP, DBP, mean arterial pressure (MAP) and pulse pressure (PP) and clinical outcome in acute hemorrhagic stroke patients in the Chinese population. METHODS 1,760 hemorrhagic stroke patients admitted to six hospitals from January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2005 were included in the study. BP and other variables were collected within the first 24-hr of admission. Clinical outcomes at discharge were evaluated by neurologists. Multivariate-adjusted odds ratios associated with increment of 1 standard deviation (SD) mmHg in four BP were determined by multiple logistic regression analysis. RESULTS The four BP indexes at admission were positively associated with death and SBP, DBP, MAP were associated with dependency. Adjusted odds ratios (95% confident interval) of death associated with increment of 1 SD mmHg were 1.74 (1.44,2.12), 1.39 (1.15,1.69),1.61 (1.32,1.96) and 1.66 (1.39,1.99) for SBP, DBP, MAP and PP, respectively (all P < 0.01), and adjusted odds ratio of dependency associated with increment of 1 SD mmHg was 1.15 (1.03,1.27), 1.21 (1.09,1.34) and 1.19 (1.07,1.32) for SBP, DBP and MAP, respectively (all P < 0.05). CONCLUSION Increased SBP, DBP, MAP and PP at admission were all associated with in-hospital mortality, and increased SBP, DBP and MAP were associated with dependency at discharge among hemorrhagic stroke patients.