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Morning and Evening Home Blood Pressure and Risks of Incident Stroke and Coronary Artery Disease in the Japanese General Practice Population: The Japan Morning Surge-Home Blood Pressure Study Epidemiology/Population
Our aim is to determine the optimal time schedule for home blood pressure (BP) monitoring that best predicts stroke and coronary artery disease in general practice. The Japan Morning Surge-Home Blood Pressure (J-HOP) study is a nationwide practice-based study that included 4310 Japanese with a history of or risk factors for cardiovascular disease, or both (mean age, 65 years; 79% used antihypertensive medication). Home BP measures were taken twice daily (morning and evening) over 14 days at baseline. During a mean follow-up of 4 years (16 929 person-years), 74 stroke and 77 coronary artery disease events occurred. Morning ...
Source: Hypertension - June 7, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Hoshide, S., Yano, Y., Haimoto, H., Yamagiwa, K., Uchiba, K., Nagasaka, S., Matsui, Y., Nakamura, A., Fukutomi, M., Eguchi, K., Ishikawa, J., Kario, K., on behalf of the J-HOP Study Group Tags: Hypertension Epidemiology/Population Source Type: research