A Predictive Model for Risk of Prehypertension and Hypertension and Expected Benefit After Population-Based Life-Style Modification (KCIS No. 24)
Author(s) -
ChuenDen Tseng,
Amy MingFang Yen,
Sherry YuehHsia Chiu,
Li-Sheng Chen,
ChienJen Chen,
S. H. Chang
Publication year - 2011
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 - 10.1038/ajh.2011.122
Subject(s) - prehypertension , medicine , population , risk factor , risk assessment , blood pressure , framingham risk score , relative risk , proportional hazards model , physical therapy , demography , environmental health , confidence interval , disease , computer security , sociology , computer science
Few reports have identified and quantified significant risk factors responsible for multistate natural course of progression to hypertension and also regression of prehypertension to normal, which provides baseline risks to estimate the size of expected benefit derived from population-based life-style modification.
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