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SUBMITTER: Dai H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5428298 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dai Haijiang H Lu Yao Y Song Lu L Tang Xiaohong X Li Ying Y Chen Ruifang R Luo Aijing A Yuan Hong H Wu Shouling S
Scientific reports 20170321 1
Uncertainty persists regarding the need to address blood pressure (BP) variability in the general population to reduce the heavy burden of stroke. In this cohort study, we prospectively recruited 57,927 participants from southeast of Beijing, who have completed all 3 health examinations between 2006 and 2010. BP variability was defined as the coefficient of variation (CV) across these 3 visits. Over a median follow-up of 3.0 years, we identified 582 first stroke cases. Of these, 489 (84.0%) were ...[more]