Association between hypertension and stroke in US adults in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) 2007 to 2018

CONCLUSION: Our results show that there is a significant positive correlation between BP and stroke. When the systolic blood pressure (SBP) is about 140 mmHg, the risk of stroke is the lowest; Male patients with diastolic blood pressure (DBP) of about 80mmHg have a lower risk of stroke.PMID:36260517 | DOI:10.1080/00325481.2022.2138470

Source: Postgraduate Medicine - October 19, 2022 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Shaoyi Yan Shuo Sha Senjie Li Di Wang Yongping Jia Source Type: research