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Association of Isolated Diastolic Hypertension Based on the Cutoff Value in the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Blood Pressure Guidelines With Subsequent Cardiovascular Events in the General Population

Authors :
Hidehiro Kaneko
Hidetaka Itoh
Haruki Yotsumoto
Hiroyuki Kiriyama
Tatsuya Kamon
Katsuhito Fujiu
Kojiro Morita
Nobuaki Michihata
Taisuke Jo
Norifumi Takeda
Hiroyuki Morita
Hideo Yasunaga
Issei Komuro
Source :
Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, Vol 9, Iss 19 (2020)
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Wiley, 2020.

Abstract

Background The 2017 American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines lowered the threshold of blood pressure (BP) for hypertension to 130/80 mm Hg. However, the clinical significance of isolated diastolic hypertension (IDH) according to the cutoff value of the 2017 ACC/AHA guidelines was uncertain. Methods and Results We analyzed the claims database of Japan Medical Data Center (a nationwide epidemiological database). We excluded individuals who were aged

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20479980
Volume :
9
Issue :
19
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.1883a7c3d59c4f3ea6aa0b4f12420b0c
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.120.017963