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Cardiovascular Disease
Researchers find systolic blood pressure control provides best predictor of CVD mortality
November 3rd, 2005
Researchers find that systolic blood pressure control provides best the predictor of cardiovascular disease mortality, especially among women. Researchers in Iceland conducted a study "To examine the prognosis of treated, hypertensive individuals in the Reykjavik Study, a population-based longitudinal study of 9328 men and 10,062 women. Subjects were included in the study during the period 1967-1996." L. S. Gudmundsson and colleagues described their study: "Two groups of treated, hypertensive subjects were defined at baseline: with controlled blood pressure and with uncontrolled blood pressure. Main outcomes measures were cardiovascular disease (CVD)...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-11-03)
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