American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access originally published online on January 17, 2008
American Journal of Epidemiology 2008 167(4):502-503; doi:10.1093/aje/kwm387
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RE: "EFFECTS OF PAST AND RECENT BLOOD PRESSURE AND CHOLESTEROL LEVEL ON CORONARY HEART DISEASE AND STROKE MORTALITY, ACCOUNTING FOR MEASUREMENT ERROR"
1 Medical Statistics Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, United Kingdom
2 MRC Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0SR, United Kingdom
(e-mail: jonathan.bartlett@lshtm.ac.uk)
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We read with interest the recent paper by Boshuizen et al. (1) exploring the associations between mortality risk and current versus past values of systolic blood pressure (SBP) and serum cholesterol. We applaud their recognition that risk in a particular period may depend on both current and
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