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Variability in midlife systolic blood pressure is related to late-life brain white matter lesions: the Honolulu-Asia Aging study.
Stroke - 1 Jan 2002
Havlik Richard J, Foley Daniel J, Sayer Bryan, Masaki Kamal, White Lon, Launer Lenore J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Although white matter lesions (WMLs) on brain MRI in older persons are common, the mechanisms are unclear. Besides the associations with advanced age and high blood pressure (BP), variability in systolic BP (SBP) and the resulting changes in blood flow to the deep arteries of the brain may be contributing factors. METHODS: Japanese-American men in Hawaii have participated in a long-term...
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