Risk stratification by guidelines compared with risk assessment by risk equations applied to a MONICA sample

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1089-1095

  Persson, Mats ^a   Carlberg, Bo ^a   Weinehall, Lars ^a   Nilsson, Leif ^a   Stegmayr, Birgitta ^a   Lindholm, Lars H ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Absolute risk; Hypertension; Hypertension guidelines; Risk equation; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; SWEDEN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0037527594     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200306000-00008     Document Type: Article

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