About the Authors
- Kei Asayama
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Affiliations Studies Coordinating Centre, Research Unit Hypertension and Cardiovascular Epidemiology, KU Leuven Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sendai, Japan
- Lutgarde Thijs
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Affiliation Studies Coordinating Centre, Research Unit Hypertension and Cardiovascular Epidemiology, KU Leuven Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Jana Brguljan-Hitij
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Affiliation Division of Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Teemu J. Niiranen
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Affiliations Population Studies Unit, Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Turku, Finland, Department of Medicine, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
- Atsushi Hozawa
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Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- José Boggia
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Affiliation Centro de Nefrología and Departamento de Fisiopatología, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
- Lucas S. Aparicio
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Affiliations Studies Coordinating Centre, Research Unit Hypertension and Cardiovascular Epidemiology, KU Leuven Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Sección Hipertensión Arterial, Servicio de Clínica Médica, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Azusa Hara
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Affiliation Studies Coordinating Centre, Research Unit Hypertension and Cardiovascular Epidemiology, KU Leuven Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Jouni K. Johansson
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Affiliation Population Studies Unit, Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Turku, Finland
- Takayoshi Ohkubo
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Affiliation Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Christophe Tzourio
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Affiliation Inserm U708, University Bordeaux Segalen, Bordeaux, France
- George S. Stergiou
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Affiliation Hypertension Center, Third Department of Medicine, University of Athens, Sotiria Hospital, Athens, Greece
- Edgardo Sandoya
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Affiliation Asociación Española Primera de Socorros Mutuos, Montevideo, Uruguay
- Ichiro Tsuji
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Affiliation Department of Public Health, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
- Antti M. Jula
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Affiliation Population Studies Unit, Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Turku, Finland
- Yutaka Imai
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Affiliation Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sendai, Japan
- Jan A. Staessen
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* E-mail: jan.staessen@med.kuleuven.be
Affiliations Studies Coordinating Centre, Research Unit Hypertension and Cardiovascular Epidemiology, KU Leuven Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- for the International Database of Home Blood Pressure in Relation to Cardiovascular Outcome (IDHOCO) investigators
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¶A complete list of IDHOCO centers and investigators is listed in the Acknowlegments.
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KA LSA JBH JAS. Analyzed the data: KA LT. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: KA JAS. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: KA LT TJN JB LSA JKJ TO CT GSS AMJ YI JAS. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: KA LT JBH TJN AHo JB LSA AHa JKJ TO CT GSS ES IT AMJ YI JAS. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: KA LT JBH TJN AHo JB LSA AHa JKJ TO CT GSS ES IT AMJ YI JAS. Enrolled participants: KA TJN AHo JB AHa JKJ TO GSS ES IT AMJ YI. Contributed to the organization IDHOCO project: LSA CT. Constructed the IDHOCO database: LT.