Risk of cardiovascular events among women with high normal blood pressure or blood pressure progression: prospective cohort study.

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Published in BMJ on August 19, 2007

Authors

David Conen1, Paul M Ridker, Julie E Buring, Robert J Glynn

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 900 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA. conend@uhbs.ch

Associated clinical trials:

Women's Health Study (WHS): A Randomized Trial of Low-dose Aspirin and Vitamin E in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer (WHS) | NCT00000479

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