Mid- to Late-Life Trajectories of Blood Pressure and the Risk of Stroke: The Rotterdam Study

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Summary

Assessing trajectories of blood pressure provides a more nuanced understanding of the associations between blood pressure, stroke, and mortality, and in particular, high blood pressure and rapidly increasing blood pressure patterns are associated with a high risk of stroke and death, whereas moderately highBlood pressure is only related to an increasedrisk of stroke.

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Published
2016-06-01
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Keywords

Blood pressure, Stroke (engine), Medicine, Risk factor, Cardiology

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