Hypertension, Arterial Stiffness, and Clinical Outcomes: A Cohort Study of Chinese Community-Based Population.

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Predictive Value of Cumulative Blood Pressure for All-Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular Events.

The predictive value of cumulative blood pressure (BP) on all-cause mortality and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events (CCE) has hardly been studied. In this prospective cohort study including 52,385 participants from the Kailuan Group who attended three medical examinations and without CCE, the impact of cumulative systolic BP (cumSBP) and cumulative diastolic BP (cumDBP) on all-cause mortality and CCEs was investigated. For the study population, the mean (standard deviation) age was 48.

[Study on the effects of different risk stratifications in patients with diabetes mellitus: a clinical endpoint event].

Objective: To estimate the relationship between the risk stratification of patients with diabetes and their clinical endpoint events.

Methods: In this cohort study, we prospectively followed 8302 individuals under the following situations:contents of fasting plasma glucose ≥ 7.0 mmol/L, being diagnosed as diabetes or having used hypoglycemic drugs from Kailuan study in which 101 510 employees (81 110 males, 20 400 females, who were being employed and those retired from the company were included) from the Kailuan Company, were screened.

[Impact of patient compliance on the outcomes in hypertensive patients receiving hydrochlorothiazide based combination therapy with spironolactone or captopril].

Objective: To explore the impact of patient compliance on the long-term outcomes in hypertensive patients receiving hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) based combination therapy with spironolactone or captopril.

Methods: A total of 853 patients with mild to moderate hypertension were recruited and randomly divided into HCTZ group (HCTZ 12.5 mg q.