The Relation between Blood Pressure and Mortality Due to Coronary Heart Disease among Men in Different Parts of the World

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Authors

Peggy C.W. van den Hoogen · National Institute for Public Health and the Environment

Edith J. M. Feskens · National Institute for Public Health and the Environment

Nico Nagelkerke · National Institute for Public Health and the Environment

Alessandro Menotti · University of Minnesota

Aulikki Nissinen · University of Eastern Finland

Daan Kromhout · National Institute for Public Health and the Environment

Abstract

Among the six populations we studied, the relative increase in long-term mortality due to CHD for a given increase in blood pressure is similar, whereas the absolute risk at the same level of blood pressure varies substantially. If the absolute risk of CHD is used as an indication for antihypertensive therapy, these findings will have major implications for treatment in different parts of the world.

Topics & Keywords

Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Sodium Intake and Health Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 342, Issue 1, pp. 1-8

DOI: 10.1056/nejm200001063420101

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