Table 3

RR of ischaemic heart disease and stroke per 10 mmHg increase in systolic blood pressure by age at event

Age group (years)Ischaemic heart diseaseStroke
RR*LLULRR†LLULRR*LLULRR†LLUL
30–441.230.562.691.450.346.19NANANANANANA
45–591.161.021.311.311.041.641.21.051.371.41.11.79
60–691.231.081.411.461.151.871.41.21.631.851.42.45

  • ↵* Adjusted for smoking and total cholesterol.

  • ↵† Adjusted for smoking and total cholesterol and corrected for regression dilution bias.

  • LL, lower limit of 95% CI; UL, upper limit of 95% CI.