Prehypertension, Hypertension, and the Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction in HIV-Infected and -Uninfected Veterans
Armah KA, Chang CC, Baker JV, Ramachandran VS, Budoff MJ, Crane HM, Gibert CL, Goetz MB, Leaf DA, McGinnis KA, Oursler KK, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Sico JJ, Warner AL, Hsue PY, Kuller LH, Justice AC, Freiberg MS, Team F. Prehypertension, Hypertension, and the Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction in HIV-Infected and -Uninfected Veterans. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2013, 58: 121-129. PMID: 24065316, PMCID: PMC3864500, DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit652.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionAMI riskElevated BPMyocardial infarctionUninfected peopleVeterans Aging Cohort Study Virtual CohortIncident acute myocardial infarctionRisk of AMICox proportional hazards regressionBlood pressure goalsCohort of HIVJoint National CommitteeHigh blood pressureHuman immunodeficiency virusProportional hazards regressionRace/ethnicityHypertensive BPVACS-VCBlood pressureHIV statusNormotensive individualsHazards regressionImmunodeficiency virusBP categoriesSeventh Report