Isolated Systolic Hypertension in Dutch Middle Aged and All-Cause Mortality: A 25-Year Prospective Study

Van den Ban G C (Department of Environmental and Tropical Health, Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands), Kampman E, Schouten E G, Kok F J, van der Heide R M and van der Heide-Wessel C. Isolated systolic hypertension in Dutch middle aged and all-cause mortality: A 25-year prospective study. International Journal of Epidemiology 1989, 18 : 95–99. In the early 1950s, the blood pressure of 3091 Dutch civil servants and their spouses aged 40–65 years was measured in a general health survey. Isolated systolic hypertension (systolic pressure >160 mmHg, diastolic pressure <90 mmH... Mehr ...