Impact of high-normal blood pressure on the risk of cardiovascular disease

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 345, Issue 18, 2001, Pages 1291-1297

  Vasan, Ramachandran S ^a,b   Larson, Martin G ^a,b   Leip, Eric P ^a   Evans, Jane C ^a,b   O'Donnell, Christopher J ^a,c,e   Kannel, William B ^b   Levy, Daniel ^b,d,e  

^a FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035522330     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa003417     Document Type: Article

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