This Article Abstract Full Text Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Julius, S. Articles by Wright, J. T. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Julius, S. Articles by Wright, J. T., Jr

Cardiovascular risk reduction in hypertensive black patients with left ventricular hypertrophy

The life study

Stevo Julius, MD^*,*, Michael H. Alderman, MD, Gareth Beevers, MD, Björn Dahlöf, MD, Richard B. Devereux, MD, FACC^||, Janice G. Douglas, MD^¶, Jonathan M. Edelman, MD^#, Katherine E. Harris, DrPH^#, Sverre E. Kjeldsen, MD^**, Shawna Nesbitt, MD, Otelio S. Randall, MD and Jackson T. Wright, Jr, MD, PhD^¶

^* Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hypertension, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
City Hospital, Birmingham, England, UK
Department of Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Östra, Göteborg, Sweden
^|| Division of Cardiology, Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
^¶ Case Western Reserve University, Division of Hypertension, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
^# Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania, USA
^** Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Department of Cardiology, Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, USA
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hypertension, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas, USA
Howard University Hospital, General Clinical Research Center, Washington, DC, USA

View larger version (13K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Results of primary composite end point by ethnic group. The dots represent the hazard ratio; dot size is proportional to the number of patients for each ethnic group, as shown to the left. The line through each dot corresponds to the 95% confidence interval.

View larger version (15K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Results of primary composite end point by ethnic group in the U.S.: blacks versus non-blacks.

View larger version (21K): [in a new window]   Figure 3 Primary composite end point: unadjusted and adjusted for baseline covariates in U.S. blacks (triangles) versus non-blacks (squares). Symbols represent the hazard ratio; the line through each symbol corresponds to the 95% confidence interval. DBP = diastolic blood pressure; FRS = Framingham risk score; LVH = left ventricular hypertrophy; SBP = systolic blood pressure.

View larger version (19K): [in a new window]   Figure 4 Blood pressure results in the U.S.: blacks versus non-blacks.