Original InvestigationImpact of Achieved Blood Pressures on Mortality Risk and End-Stage Renal Disease Among a Large, Diverse Hypertension Population
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Key Words
blood pressure goals
hypertension treatment
mortality risk
renal failure risk
treatment risk
Abbreviations and Acronyms
BMI
body mass index
BP
blood pressure
CCI
Charlson comorbidity index
CI
confidence interval
CKD
chronic kidney disease
DBP
diastolic blood pressure
DM
diabetes mellitus
eGFR
estimated glomerular filtration rate
ESRD
end-stage renal disease
HR
hazards ratio
HTN
hypertension
ICD-9
International Classifications of Diseases-Ninth Revision
KPSC
Kaiser Permanente Southern California
SBP
systolic blood pressure
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This study was supported by Kaiser Permanente Southern California Regional Research and by a research grant #R01 DK078106 from the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Disease (to Drs. Kovesdy, Kalantar-Zadeh, and Jacobsen). Additional support was also provided by the National Institutes of Health grants #K24-DK091419 (to Dr. Kalantar-Zadeh) and #R01-DK096920 (to Drs. Kovesdy and Kalantar-Zadeh). Dr. Sim has received research grants from Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Sanofi Aventis, and Keryx Pharmaceuticals. All other authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.
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