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Prognosis in relation to blood pressure variability: con side of the argument

Kei Asayama1, Fang-Fei Wei1, Azusa Hara1

  • 1From the Studies Coordinating Centre, Research Unit Hypertension and Cardiovascular Epidemiology, KU Leuven Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (F.-F.W., A.H., J.A.S.); Department of Planning for Drug Development and Clinical Evaluation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sendai, Japan (K.A.); Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (K.A.); the Steno Diabetes Center, Gentofte and Research Center for Prevention and Health, Copenhagen, Denmark (T.W.H.); Center for Epidemiological Studies and Clinical Trials and Center for Vascular Evaluations, Shanghai Institute of Hypertension, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Hypertension, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China (Y.L.); and VitaK Research and Development, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands (J.A.S.).

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