TY - JOUR
T1 - Pattern of declining blood pressure across replicate population surveys of the WHO MONICA project, mid-1980s to mid-1990s, and the role of medication
AU - Tunstall-Pedoe, Hugh
AU - Connaghan, John
AU - Woodward, Mark
AU - Tolonen, Hanna
AU - Kuulasmaa, Kari
N1 -
dc.publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
HTP originated the research question, led the investigation, wrote the paper. The BMJ printed the paper with its figure on the front cover. The paper exploited intimate knowledge of the MONICA database, in terms of risk factors and medication usage. It is one of the biggest studies of its type.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Objective Declining mean systolic and diastolic blood pressures were observed in most populations of the World Health Organization MONICA (monitoring trends and determinants in cardiovascular disease) project from the mid-1980s to mid-1990s. We tested whether pooled results would show mean change associated with decline in high readings only, resulting from better antihypertensive medication, or with similar falls in low, middle, and high readings, implying other causes.
AB - Objective Declining mean systolic and diastolic blood pressures were observed in most populations of the World Health Organization MONICA (monitoring trends and determinants in cardiovascular disease) project from the mid-1980s to mid-1990s. We tested whether pooled results would show mean change associated with decline in high readings only, resulting from better antihypertensive medication, or with similar falls in low, middle, and high readings, implying other causes.
U2 - 10.1136/bmj.38753.779005.BE
DO - 10.1136/bmj.38753.779005.BE
M3 - Article
SN - 0959-8146
VL - 332
SP - 629
EP - 632
JO - BMJ
JF - BMJ
IS - 7542
ER -
