Home Blood Pressure Level, Blood Pressure Variability, Smoking, and Stroke Risk in Japanese Men: The Ohasama Study
Author(s) -
Takanao Hashimoto,
Masahiro Kikuya,
Takayoshi Ohkubo,
Michihiro Satoh,
Hirohito Metoki,
Ryusuke Inoue,
Kei Asayama,
Atsuhiro Kanno,
Taku Obara,
Takuo Hirose,
Azusa Hara,
Haruhisa Hoshi,
Kazuhito Totsune,
Hiroshi Satoh,
Hiroshi Sato,
Yutaka Imai
Publication year - 2012
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.2012.62
Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , stroke (engine) , morning , hazard ratio , confounding , cerebral infarction , cardiology , proportional hazards model , pulse pressure , confidence interval , ischemia , engineering , mechanical engineering
Hypertension and smoking independently contribute to the risk of stroke. Our objective was to investigate home blood pressure (HBP) levels, day-by-day BP variability, and smoking in the prediction of stroke in Japanese men.
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