American journal of hypertension
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Observational Study
Is pulse pressure an independent risk factor for incident acute coronary heart disease events? The REGARDS study.
Increased attention has been given to pulse pressure (PP) as a potential independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). We examined the relationship between the three indices of blood pressure consisting of systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), and PP (= SBP - DBP), respectively, and incident acute coronary heart disease (CHD). ⋯ Pulse pressure is positively and independently (particularly so with regard to independence from SBP) associated with incident CHD, and there were no significant racial or regional differences in this association.