January 1, 1989Nippon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi Japanese Journal of GeriatricsOpen Access

Sequential changes in blood pressure and electrocardiographic findings over seventeen years in three different regions in okayama prefecture.

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Population

1,908 adults aged 35 to 65 years living in three districts of Okayama prefecture, Japan, with differing…

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

17 years

Authors

SHShoichi HaraokaOkayama University KMK. MatsubaraOkayama University HYHidenori YoshidaKagawa University

Discussion

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Implication

BP control may not fully prevent LVH or ECG changes long-term; leaves open whether adjunctive strategies are needed in hypertension.

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Population

1,908 adults (790 males, 1,118 females) aged 35 to 65 years living in three districts of Okayama prefecture, Japan, with differing environments and lifestyles.

Outcome

Sequential changes in blood pressure, electrocardiographic findings (Minnesota Code), and causes of mortality over 17 years.surrogate

Long-term blood pressure control alone may not completely prevent the progression of myocardial hypertrophy and ischemic ECG changes in hypertensive patients.

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Haraoka et al. (1989) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7463e217dd9a89f6093600 https://doi.org/10.3143/geriatrics.26.375

Topics

Hypertension management

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Sequential changes in blood pressure and electrocardiographic findings over seventeen years in three different regions in okayama prefecture.

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Sequential changes in blood pressure and electrocardiographic findings over seventeen years in three different regions in okayama prefecture.

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

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