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Hypertension Prevention
Research data from Center for Health Policy Research and Development update understanding of hypertension prevention
May 17th, 2008
A report, 'Making hypertensive smokers motivated in quitting: developing 'blood pressure equivalence of smoking',' is newly published data in Journal of Hypertension. According to recent research from Taiwan, "To express the increased risk from smoking in terms of 'blood pressure' so that hypertensive smokers are motivated into quitting. Mortality risks of smokers were compared with nonsmokers in a large worker cohort in Taiwan (n=23755 with a 17-year follow-up) for all-cause and for cardiovascular diseases." "The blood pressure equivalence of smoking was then identified by the difference in mortality risks between smokers and nonsmokers. Some interaction between...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-05-17)
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