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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-12-18
pubmed:abstractText
Because of variability in diastolic blood pressure within an individual, repeated measurements increase precision in assessing an individual's underlying mean pressure and so also aid risk classification. Data from a cohort of 11,299 middle-aged men is used to model the variability in diastolic pressure between annual measurements. A simple model with pressure normally distributed about an underlying mean with standard deviation increasing with level fits the data very well. In modelling risk of cardiovascular mortality, a strong association is found with observed diastolic pressure level but not to trends in or variability between observed values. The effect of regression dilution is clear with the risk relationship appearing greater as one uses the mean of an increasing number of measurements. A method of adjusting for this regression dilution is described so giving an estimate of the relationship with underlying mean diastolic pressure. Using this survival model and the model for blood pressure variability, a method is presented for estimating both underlying mean pressure and absolute risk of cardiovascular disease given a sequence of blood pressure measurements from screening. This allows a sequential strategy for determining whether (a) antihypertensive intervention is desirable, (b) no further screening is necessary, or (c) further screening would aid the assessment, and emphasizes the need to consider blood pressure in the context of multiple risk factors.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0895-4356
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
45
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
985-98
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1432027-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:1432027-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:1432027-Analysis of Variance, pubmed-meshheading:1432027-Bayes Theorem, pubmed-meshheading:1432027-Blood Pressure, pubmed-meshheading:1432027-Cardiovascular Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:1432027-Cholesterol, pubmed-meshheading:1432027-Clofibrate, pubmed-meshheading:1432027-Cohort Studies, pubmed-meshheading:1432027-Diastole, pubmed-meshheading:1432027-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:1432027-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1432027-Hypercholesterolemia, pubmed-meshheading:1432027-Male, pubmed-meshheading:1432027-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:1432027-Models, Cardiovascular, pubmed-meshheading:1432027-Models, Statistical, pubmed-meshheading:1432027-Regression Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:1432027-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:1432027-Smoking
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Within-subject diastolic blood pressure variability: implications for risk assessment and screening.
pubmed:affiliation
Medical Statistics Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U.K.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial, Multicenter Study