Predicting risk of death from cardiovascular disease. Outcome prediction is hampered by methodological problems

Comment

V Pettilä. BMJ. 2001.

. 2001 Oct 27;323(7319):1000.

No abstract available

Comment on

A score for predicting risk of death from cardiovascular disease in adults with raised blood pressure, based on individual patient data from randomised controlled trials.
Pocock SJ, McCormack V, Gueyffier F, Boutitie F, Fagard RH, Boissel JP. Pocock SJ, et al. BMJ. 2001 Jul 14;323(7304):75-81. doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7304.75. BMJ. 2001. PMID: 11451781 Free PMC article.

The value of ambulatory blood pressure in older adults: the Dublin outcome study.
Burr ML, Dolan E, O'Brien EW, O'Brien ET, McCormack P. Burr ML, et al. Age Ageing. 2008 Mar;37(2):201-6. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afm193. Age Ageing. 2008. PMID: 18349014
Hypertension, concurrent cardiovascular risk factors and mortality: the Singapore Cardiovascular Cohort Study.
Lee J, Ma S, Heng D, Chew S, Hughes K, Tai E. Lee J, et al. J Hum Hypertens. 2008 Jul;22(7):468-74. doi: 10.1038/jhh.2008.16. Epub 2008 Mar 13. J Hum Hypertens. 2008. PMID: 18337755
What is the role of non-invasive measurements of atherosclerosis in individual cardiovascular risk prediction?
Ter Avest E, Stalenhoef AF, de Graaf J. Ter Avest E, et al. Clin Sci (Lond). 2007 May;112(10):507-16. Clin Sci (Lond). 2007. PMID: 17419684 Review.
Cardiovascular risk in patients receiving double therapy with false and true nonresponder hypertension.
Pierdomenico SD, Lapenna D, Di Tommaso R, Di Carlo S, Esposito AL, Di Mascio R, Ballone E, Cuccurullo F, Mezzetti A. Pierdomenico SD, et al. Blood Press Monit. 2006 Dec;11(6):303-7. doi: 10.1097/01.mbp.0000218008.65580.5d. Blood Press Monit. 2006. PMID: 17106313 Clinical Trial.
Blood pressure control, risk factors and cardiovascular prognosis in patients with diabetes: 30 years of progress.
Mourad JJ, Le Jeune S. Mourad JJ, et al. J Hypertens Suppl. 2008 Sep;26(3):S7-13. J Hypertens Suppl. 2008. PMID: 19363847 Review.