Is pulse pressure useful in predicting risk for coronary heart disease? The Framingham Heart Study
Is pulse pressure useful in predicting risk for coronary heart disease? The Framingham Heart Study
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DOI:
10.1161/01.cir.100.4.354
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发表时间:
1999-07-27
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37.8
通讯作者:
Levy, D
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作者:
Franklin, SS;Khan, SA;Levy, D
Background-Current definitions of hypertension are based on levels of systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP), but not on pulse pressure (PP). We examined whether PP adds useful information for predicting coronary heart disease (CHD) in the population-based Framingham Heart Study,Methods and Results-We studied 1924 men and women between 50 and 79 years of age at baseline with no clinical evidence of CHD and not taking antihypertensive drug therapy. Cox regression, adjusted for age, sex, and other risk factors, was used to assess the relations between blood pressure components and CHD risk over a 20-year follow-up. The association with CHD risk was positive for SEP, DBP, and PP, considering each pressure individually; of the 3, PP yielded the largest chi(2) statistic. When SEP and DBP were jointly entered into the multivariable model, the association with CHD risk was positive for SEP (HR, 1.22; 95% CI, 1.15 to 1.30) and negative for DBP (HR, 0.86; 95% CI, 0.75 to 0.98). Four subgroups were defined according to SEP levels (