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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-07-01
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Series: | BMC Cardiovascular Disorders |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12872-020-01599-7 |