Why the study?
Do supine and exercise systolic blood pressures predict cardiovascular mortality in apparently healthy middle-aged men?
Population
n=1999 apparently healthy men, aged 40-59 years
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
21 years
Authors
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Hypothesis-generating for CV risk stratification in middle-aged men; should not yet change practice or guidelines.
Do supine and exercise systolic blood pressures predict cardiovascular mortality in apparently healthy middle-aged men?
Both supine systolic blood pressure and exercise systolic blood pressure at an early moderate workload independently predict long-term cardiovascular death in middle-aged men.
Kjeldsen et al. (2001) studied this question.