Is pulse pressure useful in predicting risk for coronary heart Disease? The Framingham heart study.

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Summary

In the middle-aged and elderly, CHD risk increased with lower DBP at any level of SBP>/=120 mm Hg, suggesting that higher PP was an important component of risk.

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1999-07-27
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Medicine, Blood pressure, Pulse pressure, Internal medicine, Framingham Risk Score

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