Article
Effect of hypertension on mortality in Pima Indians.
Circulation - 6 Jul 1999
Sievers M L, Bennett P H, Roumain J, Nelson R G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The effect of hypertension on mortality was examined in 5284 Pima Indians, 1698 of whom had type 2 diabetes at baseline or developed it during follow-up. METHODS AND RESULTS: During a median follow-up of 12.2 years (range, 0.01 to 24.8 years), 470 nondiabetic subjects and 488 diabetic subjects died. In the nondiabetic subjects, 45 of the deaths were due to cardiovascular disease, 208 to other natural...
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