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Visit-to-visit blood pressure variability and the risk of stroke in the Netherlands: A population-based cohort study.

Alis HeshmatollahYuan MaLana FaniPeter J KoudstaalMohammad Arfan IkramMohammad Kamran Ikram
Published in: PLoS medicine (2022)
In this population-based study, we found that visit-to-visit blood pressure variation was associated with an increased risk of unspecified and hemorrhagic stroke, independent of direction of variation or mean blood pressure.
Keyphrases
  • blood pressure
  • hypertensive patients
  • atrial fibrillation
  • heart rate
  • blood glucose
  • adipose tissue
  • weight loss
  • subarachnoid hemorrhage