Open AccessCigarette Smoking and Subtypes of Uncontrolled Blood Pressure Among Diagnosed Hypertensive Patients: Paradoxical Associations and Implications
Author(s) -
Xuefeng Liu,
James Brian Byrd
Publication year - 2017
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 - 10.1093/ajh/hpx014
Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , odds ratio , confidence interval , diastole , pulse pressure , logistic regression , national health and nutrition examination survey , cardiology , population , environmental health
Isolated uncontrolled systolic blood pressure (SBP), uncontrolled systolic-diastolic blood pressure (BP), and isolated uncontrolled diastolic blood pressure (DBP) are subtypes of uncontrolled BP. The associations of smoking with uncontrolled BP subtypes among diagnosed hypertensive patients are unknown.
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