Impact of High-Normal Blood Pressure on the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
- 1 November 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 345 (18), 1291-1297
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa003417
Abstract
Information is limited regarding the risk of cardiovascular disease in persons with high-normal blood pressure (systolic pressure of 130 to 139 mm Hg, diastolic pressure of 85 to 89 mm Hg, or both).Keywords
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