Blood pressure variability and cardiovascular risk in the PROspective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk (PROSPER).

Blood pressure variability and cardiovascular risk in the PROspective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk (PROSPER).

Variability in blood pressure predicts cardiovascular disease in young- and middle-aged subjects, but relevant data for older individuals are sparse. We analysed data from the PROspective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk (PROSPER) study of 5804 participants aged 70-82 years with a history...

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Main Authors: Rosalinde K E Poortvliet, Ian Ford, Suzanne M Lloyd, Naveed Sattar, Simon P Mooijaart, Anton J M de Craen, Rudi G J Westendorp, J Wouter Jukema, Christopher J Packard, Jacobijn Gussekloo, Wouter de Ruijter, David J Stott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3527505?pdf=render

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