- Abstract:
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Background
The age-specific relation of blood pressure to vascular disease has been studied mostly in Western populations, and prior to the widespread use of brain imaging for diagnosis of stroke types (ischaemic stroke and intracerebral haemorrhage).
Methods
In 2004-08, 512,891 adults (59% women) were recruited into a prospective study in China. During a mean follow-up of 9 years, there were 85,007 incident vascular and non-vascular chronic disease events (91% of...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Elsevier Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Lancet Global Health Journal website
- Volume:
- 6
- Issue:
- 6
- Pages:
- e641–e649
- Publication date:
- 2018-06-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-03-27
- DOI:
- Pubs id:
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pubs:832082
- URN:
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uri:409c5494-51e1-496f-997b-bae245454a92
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- pubs:832082
- Copyright holder:
- Lacey et al
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Notes:
- © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- License:
- CC BY
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Age-specific relation of blood pressure to vascular and non-vascular chronic disease in China: a prospective study of 0.5 million adults
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Kadoorie Charitable Foundation
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Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology
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Chinese National Natural Science Foundation
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British Heart Foundation
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Medical Research Council
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