Browsing by Subject "systolic blood pressure"

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Double product and end-organ damage in African and Caucasian men: the SABPA study

Schultz, A.J.; Schutte, A.E.; Schutte, R. (ELSEVIER, 2013)

Background: Increasing urbanisation in sub-Saharan African countries is causing a rapid increase in cardiovascular disease. Evidence suggests that Africans have higher blood pressures and a higher prevalence of hyperte ...
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 ...