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Editorial
. 2020 Nov;31(11):2496-2499.
doi: 10.1681/ASN.2020091270. Epub 2020 Oct 6.

Much to Fear about MUCH

Rajiv Agarwal  1
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Editorial

Much to Fear about MUCH

Rajiv Agarwal. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2020 Nov.
No abstract available

Keywords: blood pressure; cardiovascular events; chronic kidney disease; clinical epidemiology; clinical hypertension; hypertension.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
The association of outcomes whether it be kidney, heart of mortality depends on how BP is measured. Numbers reflect the hazard ratios of the BP measure and the outcome. The arrows reflect the direction of the relations. The bidirectional arrows reflect absence of relations. DBP, diastolic BP; SBP, systolic BP; SH, sustained hypertension.
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