Open AccessStroke risk profile: adjustment for antihypertensive medication. The Framingham Study.
Author(s) -
Ralph B. D’Agostino,
P. A. Wolf,
Albert J. Belanger,
Kannel Wb
Publication year - 1994
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.25.1.40
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , framingham heart study , blood pressure , framingham risk score , cardiology , risk factor , diabetes mellitus , left ventricular hypertrophy , proportional hazards model , atrial fibrillation , cohort , physical therapy , disease , mechanical engineering , engineering , endocrinology
We sought to modify existing sex-specific health risk appraisal functions (profile functions) for the prediction of first stroke that better assess the effects of the use of antihypertensive medication.
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