About the Authors

Kei Asayama

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

Affiliation Studies Coordinating Centre, Research Unit Hypertension and Cardiovascular Epidemiology, KU Leuven Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Jana Brguljan-Hitij

Affiliation Division of Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Teemu J. Niiranen

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

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

José Boggia

Affiliation Centro de Nefrología and Departamento de Fisiopatología, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay

Lucas S. Aparicio

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

Affiliation Studies Coordinating Centre, Research Unit Hypertension and Cardiovascular Epidemiology, KU Leuven Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Jouni K. Johansson

Affiliation Population Studies Unit, Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Turku, Finland

Takayoshi Ohkubo

Affiliation Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Christophe Tzourio

Affiliation Inserm U708, University Bordeaux Segalen, Bordeaux, France

George S. Stergiou

Affiliation Hypertension Center, Third Department of Medicine, University of Athens, Sotiria Hospital, Athens, Greece

Edgardo Sandoya

Affiliation Asociación Española Primera de Socorros Mutuos, Montevideo, Uruguay

Ichiro Tsuji

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Antti M. Jula

Affiliation Population Studies Unit, Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Turku, Finland

Yutaka Imai

Affiliation Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sendai, Japan

Jan A. Staessen

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

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.