Flu Vaccine and Mortality in Hypertension: A Nationwide Cohort Study

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BACKGROUND: Influenza infection may increase the risk of stroke and acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Whether influenza vaccination may reduce mortality in patients with hypertension is currently unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS: We performed a nationwide cohort study including all patients with hypertension in Denmark during 9 consecutive influenza seasons in the period 2007 to 2016 who were prescribed at least 2 different classes of antihyperten-sive medication (renin-angiotensin system inhibitors, diuretics, calcium antagonists, or beta-blockers). We excluded patients who were aged <18 years, >100 years, had ischemic heart disease, heart failure, chronic obstructive lung disease, cancer, or cerebrovascular disease. The exposure to influenza vaccination was assessed before each influenza season. The end points were defined as death from all-causes, from cardiovascular causes, or from stroke or AMI. For each influenza season, patients were followed from December 1 until April 1 the next year. We included a total of 608 452 patients. The median follow-up was 5 seasons (interquartile range, 2– 8 seasons) resulting in a total follow-up time of 975 902 person-years. Vaccine cover-age ranged from 26% to 36% during the study seasons. During follow-up 21 571 patients died of all-causes (3.5%), 12 270 patients died of cardiovascular causes (2.0%), and 3846 patients died of AMI/stroke (0.6%). After adjusting for confounders, vaccination was significantly associated with reduced risks of all-cause death (HR, 0.82; P<0.001), cardiovascular death (HR, 0.84; P<0.001), and death from AMI/stroke (HR, 0.90; P=0.017). CONCLUSIONS: Influenza vaccination was significantly associated with reduced risks of death from all-causes, cardiovascular causes, and AMI/stroke in patients with hypertension. Influenza vaccination might improve outcome in hypertension.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummere021715
TidsskriftJournal of the American Heart Association
Vol/bind11
Udgave nummer6
ISSN2047-9980
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2022

Bibliografisk note

Funding Information:
Daniel Modin was supported by the Herlev & Gentofte University Hospital Internal Research Fund and by the Novo Nordisk Foundation (grant number: NNF18OC0052966) during the preparation of this manuscript. Dr Biering-Sørensen was supported by the Fondsbørsvekselerer Henry Hansen og Hustrus Hovedlegat 2016. The sponsors had no role in the study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation, or writing of the article.

Funding Information:
Dr Vardeny reports grants from Sanofi-Pasteur, grants from National Institutes of Health National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, outside the submitted work; Dr Solomon reports grants from Sanofi, during the conduct of the study; grants and personal fees from Alnylam, grants and personal fees from Amgen, grants and personal fees from AstraZeneca, grants from Bellerophon, grants and personal fees from BMS, grants from Celladon, grants and personal fees from Gilead, grants and personal fees from GSK, grants from Ionis, grants from Lone Star Heart, grants from Mesoblast, grants and personal fees from MyoKardia, grants from National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, grants and personal fees from Novartis, grants from Sanofi Pasteur, grants and personal fees from Theracos, personal fees from Akros, grants and personal fees from Bayer, personal fees from Corvia, personal fees from Ironwood, personal fees from Merck, personal fees from Roche, personal fees from Takeda, personal fees from Quantum Genomics, personal fees from AoBiome, personal fees from Janssen, personal fees from Cardiac Dimensions, grants from Eidos, grants and personal fees from Cytokinetics, personal fees from Tenaya, outside the submitted work.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published on behalf of the American Heart Association, Inc., by Wiley.

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