Hypertension strongly predicted atherothrombotic brain infarction, which developed seven times more often in hypertensive versus normotensive patients over 18 years of follow-up.
Cohort (n=5,209)
Does hypertension increase the risk of atherothrombotic brain infarction in men and women?
Hypertension is a powerful precursor to atherothrombotic brain infarction, increasing the risk seven-fold compared to normotension over an 18-year period.
Effect estimate: RR 7
From a study of the evolution of atherothrombotic brain infarction (ABI) in the Framingham cohort of 5,209 men and women over 18 years of follow-up, it has been ascertained that hypertensionis the most common and most powerful precursor. Atherothrombotic brain infarction developed in hypertensive patients seven times more often than in normotensive patients, and the risk was proportional to the blood pressure throughout its range.
Kannel et al. (1976) conducted a cohort in Atherothrombotic brain infarction (n=5,209). Hypertension vs. Normotension was evaluated on Atherothrombotic brain infarction (RR 7). Hypertension strongly predicted atherothrombotic brain infarction, which developed seven times more often in hypertensive versus normotensive patients over 18 years of follow-up.