The Association of Stage 1 Hypertension Defined by the 2017 ACC/AHA Guideline with Stroke and Its Subtypes among Elderly Chinese.
Jinyue GaoYue DaiYanxia XieJia ZhengYali WangRongrong GuoZhao-Qing SunLiying XingXingang ZhangYing Xian SunLi-Qiang ZhengPublished in: BioMed research international (2020)
Among adults aged ≥60 years in rural China, stage 1 hypertension defined by 2017 American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association hypertension guideline was independently associated with the increased risk of all stroke and ischemic stroke, excluding hemorrhagic stroke.