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Association Of Office And Ambulatory Blood Pressure With Mortality And Cardiovascular Outcomes, Wen-Yi Yang, Jesus D. Melgarejo, Lutgarde Thijs, Zhen-Yu Zhang, José Boggia, Fang-Fei Wei, Tine W. Hansen, Kei Asayama, Gladys E. Maestre, Takayoshi Ohkubo
Association Of Office And Ambulatory Blood Pressure With Mortality And Cardiovascular Outcomes, Wen-Yi Yang, Jesus D. Melgarejo, Lutgarde Thijs, Zhen-Yu Zhang, José Boggia, Fang-Fei Wei, Tine W. Hansen, Kei Asayama, Gladys E. Maestre, Takayoshi Ohkubo
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Importance Blood pressure (BP) is a known risk factor for overall mortality and cardiovascular (CV)-specific fatal and nonfatal outcomes. It is uncertain which BP index is most strongly associated with these outcomes.
Objective To evaluate the association of BP indexes with death and a composite CV event.
Design, Setting, and Participants Longitudinal population-based cohort study of 11 135 adults from Europe, Asia, and South America with baseline observations collected from May 1988 to May 2010 (last follow-ups, August 2006-October 2016).
Exposures Blood pressure measured by an observer or an automated office machine; measured for 24 hours, during the day or …