Backgrounds: Hypertension stands as the predominant global cause of mortality. A notable
deficiency exists in terms of predictive models for mortality among individuals with …

Background Hypertension-related mortality has been increasing in older adults, resulting in
serious burden to society and individual. However, how to identify older adults with …

Objective Consideration of absolute risk has been recommended for making decisions
concerning preventive treatment in hypertension. We performed simulations to estimate the …

The aim of this study was to construct and internally validate a scoring system to estimate the
probability of death in hypertensive inpatients. Existing predictive models do not meet all the …

In the current issue of the Journal, Le et al.[1] present a risk score for sudden death for
patients with hypertension with or without cardiovascular disease. The risk score is based on …

Objective: To construct a sudden death risk score specifically for hypertension (HYSUD)
patients with or without cardiovascular history. Methods: Data were collected from six …

Abstract Aims Current European guidelines recommend the SCORE to estimate 10-year
cardiovascular mortality in patients with moderate/low cardiovascular risk. SCORE was …

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the accuracy of a risk calculator that includes
renal function as compared with that of the traditional Framingham Risk Score (FRS) in …

We studied the profiles of all-cause and cardiovascular (CVS) mortality among users of
different antihypertensive classes in a Chinese population. From electronic patient records …

Results: The included trials provided 15 164 cardiovascular deaths and 1 674 427 patient-
years. The relation of each event rate to cardiovascular death rate was best explained by a …