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Baseline and longitudinal increases in diastolic blood pressure are associated with greater white matter hyperintensity volume: the Northern Manhattan Study

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Elevated blood pressure (BP) is a risk factor for stroke and dementia, but the effect of BP, and change in BP over time, on WMHV is not fully understood. Few studies have included Hispanics, who are at greater risk of stroke and dementia than non-Hispanic whites. We examined...

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Main Authors: Marcus, Justin, Gardener, Hannah, Rundek, Tatjana, Elkind, Mitchell S. V., Sacco, Ralph, DeCarli, Charles, Wright, Clinton
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3189513/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21836088
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.617571
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