Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 2, Issue 6 , Pages 448-454 , November 2008

Thirty-year survival for black and white hypertensive individuals in the Evans County Heart Study and the Hypertension Detection and Follow-up Program

  • Daniel T. Lackland, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Daniel T. Lackland, DrPH, Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, 135 Cannon Street, Suite 303, Charleston, South Carolina 29425. Tel: 843-876-1141; fax: 843-876-1143
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  • Brent M. Egan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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  • William K. Mountford, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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  • Andrea D. Boan, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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  • Denis A. Evans, MD

      Affiliations

    • Rush Institute for Health Aging, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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  • Gregory Gilbert, MSPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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  • Daniel L. McGee, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA

Received 26 February 2008 ,Accepted 20 May 2008.

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 This study was supported by a Research Grant from Novartis and the Black Pooling Project NHLBI 1R01HL072377.

 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S1933-1711(08)00095-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jash.2008.05.007

Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 2, Issue 6 , Pages 448-454 , November 2008

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