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The relevance of the FAVORIT blood pressure associations

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Secondary analysis of the FAVORIT data in kidney transplant recipients showed that systolic blood pressure ≥140 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure <70 mmHg at trial entry were associated with increased risks of cardiovascular disease over a mean of 4 years. Whether these blood pressure values are associated with mortality is unclear.

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Figure 1: CVD and mortality by blood pressure in a post-hoc analysis of the FAVORIT trial data.

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  1. Center for Outcomes Research and Department of Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 3545 Lafayette Avenue, St Louis, 63104, MO, USA

    Krista L. Lentine

  2. Department of Medicine, Transplant Nephrology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8126, St Louis, 63110, MO, USA

    Daniel C. Brennan

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Lentine, K., Brennan, D. The relevance of the FAVORIT blood pressure associations. Nat Rev Nephrol 10, 366–367 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneph.2014.79

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