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For Chinese Uyghur adults, how much blood pressure adds up over time is more closely linked to having a stroke than to heart disease, and the top number in blood pressure (systolic) shows the strongest link to strokes.

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Comparison of the cumulative exposure to four measures of blood pressure for predicting cardiovascular disease risk in the Chinese Uyghurs

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2025 Mar 31

The study found that long-term systolic blood pressure is the best predictor of heart problems in Uyghur adults, which supports part of the claim, but it didn’t separately look at stroke vs. heart disease, so we can’t be sure about that part.

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Comparison of the cumulative exposure to four measures of blood pressure for predicting cardiovascular disease risk in the Chinese Uyghurs

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DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-22069-9

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