Browsing by Subject "general population"

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Double product reflects the predictive power of systolic pressure in the general population: evidence from 9,937 participants

Schutte, Rudolph; Thijs, Lutgarde; Asayama, Kei; Boggia, José; Li, Yan (Oxford University Press, 2013)

BACKGROUND The double product (DP), consisting of the systolic blood pressure (SBP) multiplied by the pulse rate (PR), is an index of myocardial oxygen consumption, but its prognostic value in the general population remains ...
Home blood pressure variability as cardiovascular risk factor in the population of Ohasama

Asayama, Kei; Kikuya, Masahiro; Schutte, Rudolph; Thijs, Lutgarde; Hosaka, Miki (American Heart Association (AHA), 2013)

Blood pressure variability based on office measurement predicts outcome in selected patients. We explored whether novel indices of blood pressure variability derived from the self-measured home blood pressure predicted outcome ...