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To determine the relationship between baseline blood pressure measurements, age, sex, and 5 1/4-year cause-specific mortality in an urban screening population.

January 12, 1976Acta Medica Scandinavica

Five‐year Mortality in the City of Bergen, Norway, According to Age, Sex and Blood Pressure

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IHI. HolmeNorwegian Directorate of Health HWHans Th. WaalerThe Research Council of Norway

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Cohort study reveals a strong association between elevated blood pressure and five-year mortality across age groups, highlighting steep increases in stroke risk.

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To determine the relationship between baseline blood pressure measurements, age, sex, and 5 1/4-year cause-specific mortality in an urban screening population.
Followed participants from the 1963–1964 Mass Miniature Radiology Survey in Bergen, Norway, after adding blood pressure examinations.
Evaluated total and cause-specific mortality over 5 1/4 years across age and sex strata.
Modeled systolic and diastolic mortality risk curves using linear and second-order polynomial prediction functions.
Total mortality increased consistently with higher blood pressure; at high systolic levels, five-year mortality was comparable between individuals aged 45 and 75.
Systolic mortality curves increased linearly in males, whereas diastolic curves exhibited a U-shaped pattern, with stroke mortality demonstrating a marked rise with higher blood pressure.
Mortality curves for coronary heart disease and diastolic pressures above 110 mmHg flattened, likely reflecting the initiation of antihypertensive treatment following screening.

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Holme et al. (1976) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a18db089b18e8e1efcfc433 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0954-6820.1976.tb08224.x

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Cohort study reveals a strong association between elevated blood pressure and five-year mortality across age groups, highlighting steep increases in stroke risk.

Five‐year Mortality in the City of Bergen, Norway, According to Age, Sex and Blood Pressure

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Five‐year Mortality in the City of Bergen, Norway, According to Age, Sex and Blood Pressure

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