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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 11.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Sep 11;72(11):1187–1197. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.05.074

Central Illustration. Rates of CVD events and all-cause mortality.

Central Illustration.

CVD: cardiovascular disease; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; py: person-years; REGARDS: REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke; SBP: systolic blood pressure.

Adults ≥45 years of age recommended antihypertensive medication initiation or intensification by the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association blood pressure guideline had high risk for cardiovascular disease events and all-cause mortality