Age-specific relevance of usual blood pressure to vascular mortality: a meta-analysis of individual data for one million adults in 61 prospective studies.
Age-specific relevance of usual blood pressure to vascular mortality: a meta-analysis of individual data for one million adults in 61 prospective studies.
S. Lewington,R. Clarke,2 Authors,R. Collins
2002 · DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)11911-8
The Lancet · 9,912 Citations
TLDR
Throughout middle and old age, usual blood pressure is strongly and directly related to vascular (and overall) mortality, without any evidence of a threshold down to at least 115/75 mm Hg.