Systolic blood pressure and mortality

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Blood pressureFramingham Heart StudyPercentileLogistic regressionMedicineCardiologyInternal medicineFramingham Risk ScorePrehypertensionMathematicsStatisticsDisease

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University of California, Los Angeles US

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Year: 2000
Type: article
Volume: 355
Issue: 9199
Pages: 175-180
Citations: 210
Access: Closed

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                                    Sidney C. Port, 
                                
                                    Linda L. Demer, 
                                
                                    Robert I. Jennrich
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2000). 
                            Systolic blood pressure and mortality. 
                            The Lancet
                            , 355
                            (9199)
                            , 175-180.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(99)07051-8
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(99)07051-8