title: Is the relation of systolic blood pressure to risk of cardiovascular disease continuous and graded, or are there critical values?
authors.affiliation: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Framingham Study and the Department of Preventive Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Mass 01702-5827, USA. billkannel@yahoo.com
authors.forename: William B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Kannel
authors.forename: Ramachandran S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Vasan
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Levy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values; D012307:Risk Factors; D013599:Systole