Blood Pressure Trajectories in the 20 Years Before Death

Abstract

Mean SBP and DBP decreased for more than a decade before death in patients dying at 60 years and older. These BP decreases are not simply attributable to age, treatment of hypertension, or better survival without hypertension. Late-life BP decreases may have implications for risk estimation, treatment monitoring, and trial design.

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MedicineBlood pressureRetrospective cohort studyCohortPopulationMedical recordCohort studyCause of deathDiastoleInternal medicinePediatricsDisease

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Year: 2017
Type: article
Volume: 178
Issue: 1
Pages: 93-93
Citations: 107
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                                    João Delgado, 
                                
                                    Kirsty Bowman, 
                                
                                    Alessandro Blè
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2017). 
                            Blood Pressure Trajectories in the 20 Years Before Death. 
                            JAMA Internal Medicine
                            , 178
                            (1)
                            , 93-93.
                            https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.7023
                        

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DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.7023