1. Systolic blood pressure at age 40 and 30-year stroke risk in men and women
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Trygve Berge, Arnljot Tveit, Marius Myrstad, Inger Ariansen, Magnus Nakrem Lyngbakken, Håkon Ihle-Hansen, Thea Vigen, Helge Røsjø, Bente Thommessen, Ole Morten Rønning, Marte Meyer Walle-Hansen, Hege Ihle-Hansen, and Guri Hagberg
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Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system ,RC666-701 - Abstract
Background American and European guidelines define hypertension differently and are sex agnostic. Our aim was to assess the impact of different hypertension thresholds at the age of 40 on 30-year stroke risk and to examine sex differences.Methods We included 2608 stroke-free individuals from the Akershus Cardiac Examination 1950 Study, a Norwegian regional study conducted in 2012–2015 of the 1950 birth cohort, who had previously participated in the Age 40 Program, a nationwide health examination study conducted in 1990–1993. We categorised participants by systolic blood pressure (SBP) at age 40 (
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- 2024
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