Association of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring parameters with the Framingham Stroke Risk Profile

The Framingham Stroke Risk Profile (FSRP) is a novel and reliable tool for estimating the 10-year probability for incident stroke in stroke-free individuals, while the predictive value of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) for first-ever and recurrent stroke has been well established. We sought to evaluate cross-sectionally the association of ABPM parameters with FSRP score in a large sample of 2343 consecutive stroke-free individuals (mean age: 56.0 ±12.9, 49.1% male) who underwent 24-hour ABPM.

Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - July 5, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Georgios Tsivgoulis, Maria Pikilidou, Aristeidis H. Katsanos, Kimon Stamatelopoulos, Fotios Michas, Aikaterini Lykka, Christina Zompola, Angeliki Filippatou, Efstathios Boviatsis, Konstantinos Voumvourakis, Nikolaos Zakopoulos, Efstathios Manios Source Type: research