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Repeated measures of blood pressure and correlations between systolic pressure, pulse pressure and LV mass: a circular debate?

Journal of Human Hypertension volume 17, pages 219–221 (2003)Cite this article

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This month's edition of the Journal contains an interesting contribution from Mule and colleagues from Palermo. The structure of the piece is very simple relating ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) measures for systolic, diastolic and pulse pressure to LV mass in hypertensive patients. The technique employed is linear correlation analysis. Pulse pressure is an area of interest of many of the readers, contributors and editorial board of the Journal. This is not a new area nor is this a new approach. The strategy of deriving biological inference from such data relevant to the individual by correlation analysis from a population sample deserves a closer and broader comment.

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MacFadyen, R., Lee, K. Repeated measures of blood pressure and correlations between systolic pressure, pulse pressure and LV mass: a circular debate?. J Hum Hypertens 17, 219–221 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jhh.1001548

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