Predictive value of repeated systolic blood pressure measurements for stroke risk. The Zutphen Study.
Author(s) -
Sirving O. Keli,
Bennie Bloemberg,
Daan Kromhout
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.23.3.347
Subject(s) - blood pressure , medicine , stroke (engine) , confounding , cardiology , prehypertension , incidence (geometry) , risk factor , proportional hazards model , mathematics , mechanical engineering , geometry , engineering
The strength of the association between blood pressure and stroke incidence is dependent on the number of blood pressure measurements. Different summary variables of repeated blood pressure measurements taken during 10 years were evaluated in relation to the long-term risk of stroke in the Zutphen Study.
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