Open AccessCardiovascular Outcome in Relation to Progression to Hypertension in the Copenhagen MONICA Cohort
Author(s) -
Tine W. Hansen,
Jan A. Staessen,
Haifeng Zhang,
Christian TorpPedersen,
Susanne Rasmussen,
Lutgarde Thijs,
Hans Ibsen,
Jørgen Jeppesen
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
american journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1941-7225
pISSN - 0895-7061
DOI - 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2006.12.005
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , blood pressure , confidence interval , cardiology , cohort , stroke (engine) , proportional hazards model , prehypertension , mechanical engineering , engineering
Previous studies of the risk associated with high-normal blood pressure (BP) determined BP category in a cross-sectional fashion.