Time spent at blood pressure target and the risk of death and cardiovascular diseases.

BACKGROUND:The time a patient spends with blood pressure at target level is an intuitive measure of successful BP management, but population studies on its effectiveness are as yet unavailable. METHOD:We identified a population-based cohort of 169,082 individuals with newly identified high blood pre...

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Main Authors: Sheng-Chia Chung, Mar Pujades-Rodriguez, Bram Duyx, Spiros C Denaxas, Laura Pasea, Aroon Hingorani, Adam Timmis, Bryan Williams, Harry Hemingway
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6124703?pdf=render