See Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults
(CARDIA) study, reported in Family Practice News, Feb. 15, 2014, p. 18-19.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
The Best Blood Pressure Predictor for Cardiovascular Disease is the Mid-BP
Investigators
showed that even minor elevations of blood pressure in patients age 18-30 years
was strongly associated with coronary artery calcification 25 years later. Interestingly, the best predictor of future
problems was the mid-BP, which is defined as the mean of the systolic and
diastolic blood pressures. This
calculation is new, and might change the way we evaluate the risk of elevated
blood pressure.
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