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- Title
Framingham Study Insights on the Hazards of Elevated Blood Pressure.
- Authors
Kannel, William B.; Wolf, Phillip A.
- Abstract
The article discusses the Framingham Study of the U.S. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute which examined the relationship of elevated blood pressure to stroke risk. An article describing the study was published in the journal in 1970. The authors note that the findings of the study have been confirmed. They explain that the study determined cardiovascular disease mortality and morbidity is attributable to hypertension. It also determined the lifetime risk of developing hypertension and its vascular consequences. The authors explain that the Framingham Study established that coronary disease is the most common hypertensive hazard at all ages.
- Subjects
UNITED States; MEDICAL research; CEREBROVASCULAR disease risk factors; HYPERTENSION; CARDIOVASCULAR disease related mortality; BLOOD pressure; NATIONAL Heart Lung &; Blood Institute
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2008, Vol 300, Issue 21, p2545
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2008.759