Multi-state analysis of hypertension and mortality: application of semi-Markov model in a longitudinal cohort study

Abstract Background Most previous research has studied the association of hypertension with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and all-cause mortality by focusing on the transition from the initial state to a single outcome. We investigated the impact of hypertension, defined according to the 2017 America...

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Main Authors: Azra Ramezankhani, Michael J. Blaha, Mohammad hassan Mirbolouk, Fereidoun Azizi, Farzad Hadaegh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-07-01
Series:BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12872-020-01599-7