BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY AT MIDLIFE IS ASSOCIATED WITH CORONARY HEART DISEASE, STROKE AND ALL-CAUSE LONG TERM MORTALITY

Objective:: Elevated blood pressure (BP) is associated with cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality. Several studies have shown that BP variability is also associated with CV morbidity and mortality. However, most studies evaluated hypertensive patients and the follow-up was relatively short. Th