Engineering

Diastole

Proportional hazards model

Cardiology

Environmental health

Mechanical engineering

Systolic hypertension

Prehypertension

Quartile

Blood pressure

Stroke (engine)

Population

Myocardial infarction

Internal medicine

Confidence interval

Hazard ratio

Medicine

New England Journal of Medicine

The relationship between outpatient systolic and diastolic blood pressure and cardiovascular outcomes remains unclear and has been complicated by recently revised guidelines with two different thresholds (≥140/90 mm Hg and ≥130/80 mm Hg) for treating hypertension.

Effect of Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure on Cardiovascular Outcomes