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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-5-27
pubmed:abstractText
This report, the third in a series on pulse pressure and pure systolic hypertension, examines the associations between blood pressure and the cardiovascular diseases and coronary heart disease, both cross-sectionally and prospectively, utilizing data from four Chicago epidemiologic studies, in an effort to determine whether or not a widened pulse pressure, or pure systolic hypertension, is an independent risk factor. In these analyses, blood pressure is divided into two components, one related to level and the other to pulse pressure, with pulse pressure redefined so that the association between pulse pressure and the prevalence of ECG abnormalities or mortality, indicates whether the endpoint is more strongly related to systolic or diastolic blood pressure. In these studies, blood pressure level is significantly related to both ECG abnormalities and mortality. In the cross-sectional analyses, pulse pressure is generally positively related to the prevalence of ECG abnormalities, indicating a stronger association for systolic blood pressure, and thus a possible association with pure systolic hypertension. However, in the prospective analyses, pulse pressure is generally not related to mortality, indicating an equal association with mortality for systolic and diastolic blood pressure in these studies. Thus, although the cross-sectional analyses generally support the hypothesis that a widened pulse pressure, or pure systolic hypertension, is an independent risk factor for the cardiovascular diseases and coronary heart disease, the prospective analyses do not.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0021-9681
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
283-94
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7061684-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:7061684-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:7061684-African Americans, pubmed-meshheading:7061684-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:7061684-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:7061684-Blood Pressure, pubmed-meshheading:7061684-Cardiovascular Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:7061684-Chicago, pubmed-meshheading:7061684-Coronary Disease, pubmed-meshheading:7061684-Diastole, pubmed-meshheading:7061684-Epidemiologic Methods, pubmed-meshheading:7061684-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7061684-Heart Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:7061684-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7061684-Hypertension, pubmed-meshheading:7061684-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7061684-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:7061684-Ovum, pubmed-meshheading:7061684-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:7061684-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:7061684-Pulse, pubmed-meshheading:7061684-Risk, pubmed-meshheading:7061684-Systole
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Pulse pressure-III. Prognostic significance in four Chicago epidemiologic studies.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't