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2006

Nawrot T, Plusquin M, Hogervorst J, Roels HA, Celis H, Thijs L, Vangronsveld J, Van Hecke E, Staessen JA.  Environmental exposure to cadmium and risk of cancer : a prospective population study.  The Lancet Oncology 2006; 7: 119-126.
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Pinto E, Bulpitt C, Beckett N, Peters R, Staessen JA, Rajkumar C.  Rationale and methodology of monitoring ambulatory blood pressure and arterial compliance in the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial. Journal of Hypertension 2006; 11: 3-8. 
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Kuznetsova T, Staessen JA, Brand E, Cwynar, Stolarz K, Thijs L, Tikhonoff V, Wojciechowska W, Babeanu S, Brand-Herrmann SM, Casiglia E, Filipovský J, Grodzicki T, Nikitin Y, Peleska J, Struijker-Boudier H, Bianchi G, Kawecka-Jaszcz K, on behalf of the European Project On Genes in Hypertension (EPOGH) Investigators.  Sodium excretion as modulator of genetic associations with cardiovascular phenotypes in the European Project on Genes in Hypertension.  Journal of Hypertension 2006; 24: 235-242.
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Shiburi CP, Staessen JA, Maseko M, Wojciechowska W, Thijs L, Van Bortel L, Woodiwiss A, Norton GR.  Reference values for SphygmoCor measurements in South Africans of African ancestry.  American Journal of Hypertension 2006; 19: 40-46. 
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Willum Hansen T, Staessen JA, Torp-Pedersen, Rasmussen S, Thijs L, Ibsen H, Jeppesen J.  Prognostic value of aortic pulse wave velocity as index of arterial stiffness in the general population.  Circulation 2006; 113: 664-670.
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Li Y, Wang JG, Dolan E, Gao PJ, Guo HF, Nawrot T, Stanton AV, Zhu DL, O’Brien E, Staessen JA.  Ambulatory arterial stiffness index derived from 24xhour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.  Hypertension 2006; 47: 359-364.
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Dolan E, Thijs L, Li Y, Atkins N, McCormack P, McClory S, O’Brien E, Staessen JA, Stanton AV.  Ambulatory arterial stiffness index as predictor of cardiovascular mortality in the Dublin Outcome Study.  Hypertension 2006; 47: 365-370.
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Kucerová J, Filipovský J, Staessen JA, Cwynar M, Woiciechowska W, Stolarz K, Kuznetsova T, Gasowski J., Dolejsová M, Grodzicki T, Fagard R.  Arterial characteristics in normotensive offspring of parents with and without a history of hypertension.  American Journal of Hypertension 2006; 19: 264-269.
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Li Y, Dolan E, Wang JG, Thijs L, Zhu DL, Staessen JA, O’Brien E, Stanton A.  Ambulatory arterial stiffness index : determinants and outcome.  Blood Pressure Monitoring 2006; 11: 107-110.
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Dolan E, Li Y, Thijs L, McCormack P, Staessen JA, O’Brien E, Stanton A.  Ambulatory arterial stiffness index : rationale and methodology.  Blood Pressure Monitoring 2006; 11: 103-105.
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Staessen JA, Li Y, Thijs L, Wang JG.  Antihypertensive drug treatment and cardiovascular prevention : an update including the 2003–2004 secondary prevention trials (Chapter 29).  In : Handbook of Hypertension, Volume 23, Arterial Stiffness in Hypertension, Eds : Safar ME, O’Rourke MF, Elsevier Science Publishers BV, Amsterdam & New York, 2006, pp 459-484 (ISBN: 0-444-51758-8).
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Staessen JA, Li Y, Thijs L, Wang JG.  Changing concepts on the role of blood pressure reduction in cardiovascular prevention (Chapter 30).  In : Handbook of Hypertension, Volume 23, Arterial Stiffness in Hypertension, Eds : Safar ME, O’Rourke MF, Elsevier Science Publishers BV, Amsterdam & New York, 2006, pp 485-501 (ISBN: 0-444-51758-8).
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Verdecchia P, Angeli F, Staessen JA.  Compared with whom ?  Addressing the prognostic value of ambulatory blood pressure categories.  Hypertension 2006; 47: 820-821.
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Li Y, Staessen JA, Li LH, Gao PJ, Thijs L, Brand-Herrmann SM, Zhu DL, Wang JG.  Blood pressure and urinary sodium excretion in relation to the A-1984G adrenomedullin polymorphism in a Chinese population.  Kidney International 2006; 19: 1153-1158. 
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Li Y, Wang JG, Gao PJ, Wang GL, Qian YS, Zhu DL, Staessen JA.  Interaction between body mass index and alcohol intake in relation to blood pressure in HAN and SHE Chinese. American Journal of Hypertension 2006; 19: 448-453.
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Birkenhäger WH, Staessen JA.  Antihypertensives for prevention of Alzheimer’s disease.  The Lancet Neurology 2006; 5: 466-469.
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Staessen JA, Richart T.  Kaplan’s Clinical Hypertension (ninth edition).  The American Journal of Kidney Diseases 2006; 48: 179-180.
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Staessen JA, Li Y, Richart T.  Oral renin inhibitors.  The Lancet 2006; 368: 1449-1456.
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Wang JG, Staessen JA, Li Y, Van Bortel L, Nawrot T, Fagard R, Messerli FH, Safar M.  Carotid intima-media thickness and antihypertensive treatment. A meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials.  Stroke 2006; 37: 1933-1940.
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Zhang H, Thijs L, Staessen JA.  Blood pressure lowering for primary and secondary prevention of stroke.  Hypertension 2006; 48: 187-195.
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Birkenhäger WH, Staessen JA.  Progress in cardiovascular diseases.  Cognitive function in essential hypertension.  Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases 2006; 49: 1-10.
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Dolan E, Stanton A, Thijs L, McCormack P, Atkins N, Staessen JA, O’Brien E.  Prognostic significance of the nocturnal decline in systolic blood pressure.  Journal of Hypertension 2006; 24 (suppl 6): 74.
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Messerli FH, Staessen JA.  Amlodipine better than lisinopril ?  How one randomized clinical trial ended fallacies from observational studies.  Hypertension 2006; 48: 359-361.
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Zhang H, Thijs L, Kuznetsova T, Fagard RH, Li X, Staessen JA.  Progression of hypertension in the non-hypertensive participants in the Flemish Study on Environment, Genes and ealth Outcomes.  Journal of Hypertension 2006; 24: 1719-1727.
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Kuznetsova T, Staessen JA, Brand E, Cwynar M, Stolarz K, Thijs L, Tikhonoff V, Wojciechowska W, Babeanu S, Brand-Hermann SM, Casiglia E, Filipovsky J, Grodzicki T, Nikitin Y, Peleska J, Struijker-Boudier H, Bianchi G, Kawecka-Jaszcz K.  Context-dependency of relations between cardiovascular phenotypes and genes involved in sodium homeostasis: findings from the European Project on Genes in Hypertension.  Currrent Hypertension Reviews 2006; 2: 275-281.
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Seidlerová J, Staessen JA, Maillard M, Nawrot T, Zhang H, Bochud M, Kuznetsova T, Richart T, Van Bortel LM, Struijker-Boudier HA, Manunta P, Burnier M, Fagard R, Filipovský J.  Association between arterial properties and renal sodium handling in a general population.  Hypertension 2006; 48: 609-615.
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Nawrot TS, Staessen JA.  Low-level environmental exposure to lead unmasked as silent killer.  Circulation 2006; 114: 1347-1349.
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Cwynar M, Wojciechowska W, Stolarz K, Wizner B, Kawecka-Jaszcz K, Staessen JA, Grodzicki T.  Influence of selected genetic polymorphisms of angiotensinogen, angiotensin-converting enzyme and type-1 angiotensin II receptor on arterial pressure and large artery stiffness parameters — depending on sodium intake.  Arterial Hypertension 2006; 10: 99-110.
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Wojciechowska W, Staessen JA, Nawrot T, Cwynar M, Kučerova J, Stolarz K, Gąsowski J, Tichá M, Thijs L, Grodzicki T, Kawecka-Jaszcz, Filipovský J, on behalf of the European Project on Genes In Hypertension (EPOGH) Investigators.  Reference values in White Europeans for the arterial pulse wave recorded by means of the ShygmoCor device.  Hypertension Research 2006; 29: 475-483.
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Li Y, Wang JG, Dolan E, O’Brien E, Thijs L, Nawrot T, Staessen JA. Response to correlating ambulatory blood pressure measurements with arterial stiffness. Hypertension 2006; 48: e1
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Hansen TW, Staessen JA, Torp Pedersen, Rasmussen S, Li Y, Dolan E, Thijs JG, O’Brien E, Ibsen H, Jeppesen J. Ambulatory arterial stiffness index predicts stroke in a general population. Journal of Hypertension 2006; 24: 2247-2253.
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Erdine S, Ari O, Zanchetti A, Cifkova R, Fagard R, Kjeldsen S, Mancia G, Poulter N, Rahn KH, Rodico JL, Ruilope LM, Staessen J, van Zwieten P, Waeber B, Williams B. ESH-ESH guidelines for the management of hypertension. Herz 2006; 31:331-338
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Bulpitt CJ, Peters R, Staessen JA, Thijs L, de Vernejoul MC, Fletcher AE, Becket NS. Fracture risk and the use of a diuretic (indapamide SR) ± perindopril: a substudy of the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial (HYVET). Traials 2006; 7: 33 (DOI:10.1186/1745-6215-7-33)
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Laurent S, Cockcroft J, Van Bortel L, Boutouyrie P, Giannattasio C, Hayoz D, Pannier B, Vlachopoulos C, Wilkinson I, Struijker-Boudier H, on behalf of the European Network for Non-invasive Investigation of Large Arteries.  Expert consensus document on arterial stiffness : methodological issues and clinical applications.  European Heart Journal 2006; 27: 2588-2605. 
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2007

Staessen JA, Li Y, Thijs L.  Meta-analysis of blood pressure and the CYP11B2 polymorphism highlights the need for better designed studies.  Journal of Hypertension 2007; 25: 37-39.
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Freson K, Stolarz K, Aerts R, Brand E, Brand-Herrmann SM, Kawecka-Jaszcz K, Kuznetsova T, Tikhonoff V, Thijs L, Vermylen J, Staessen JA, Van Geet C, for the European Project on Genes in Hypertension Investigators.  –391C to G substitution in the regulator of G-protein signalling-2 promoter increases susceptibility to the metabolic syndrome in white European men: consistency between molecular and epidemiological studies.  Journal of Hypertension 2007; 25: 117-125. 
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Li Y, Wang JG, Dolan E, O’Brien E, Hansen TW, Ibsen H, Kikuya M, Imai Y, Richart T, Thijs L, Staessen JA.  Response to arterial stiffness is not a stiffness parameter but a ventriculo-arterial coupling factor.  Hypertension 2007; 49: e8-e9. 
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Nawrot TS, Staessen JA, Roels HA, Den Hond E, Thijs L, Fagard RH, Dominiczak AF, Struijker-Boudier HA.  Blood pressure and blood selenium : a cross-sectional and longitudinal population study.  European Heart Journal 2007; 28: 628-633.  
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Staessen JA, Richart T, Birkenhäger WH.  Less atherosclerosis and lower blood pressure for a meaningful life perspective with more brain.  Hypertension 2007; 49: 389-400.
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Nawrot T, Roels HA, Thijs L, Vangronsveld J, Richart T, Van Hecke E, Staessen JA.  Longkankerrisico en blootstelling aan cadmium via het milieu : antwoord op de kritiek met toetsing van de causaliteit.   Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde 2007; 63: 59-70.  
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Koppen G, Verheyen G, Maes A, Van Gorp U, Schoeters G, Den Hond E, Staessen J, Nawrot T, Roels H, Vlietinck R, Verschaeve L.  A battery of DNA markers to evaluate environmental exposure of Flemish adolescents.  Journal of Applied Toxicology 2007; 26: 238-246.
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Staessen JA, Hansen TW, Birkenhäger WH.  Added VALUE of an ancillary study on ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.  Journal of Hypertension 2007; 25: 513-515.
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Richart T, Thijs L, Kuznetsova T, Tikhonoff V, Zagato L, Lijnen P, Fagard R, Wang JG, Bianchi G, Staessen JA.  Intra-erythrocyte cation concentrations in relation to the C1797 b‑adducin polymorphism in a general population.  Journal of Human Hypertension 2007; 21: 387-392. 
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Ryabikov A, Malyutina S, Ryabikov M, Kuzntsova T, Staessen JA, Nikitin Y.  Intrafamilial correlations of carotid-intima media thickness and flow-mediated dilation in a Siberian population.  American Journal of Hypertension 2007; 20: 248-254.
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Kikuya M, Staessen JA, Ohkubo T, Thijs L, Metoki H, Asayama K, Obara T, Inoue R, Li Y, Dolan E, Hoshi H, Hashimoto J, Totsune K, Satoh H, Wang JG, O’Brien E, Imai Y.  Ambulatory arterial stiffness index and 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure as predictors of mortality in Ohasama, JapanStroke 2007; 38: 1161-1166.
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Bochud M, Staessen JA, Woordiwiss A, Norton G, Maillaird M, Burnier M.  Context dependency of serum and urinary lithium:  implications for measurement of proximal sodium reabsorption.  Hypertension 2007; 49: e34-e35. 
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Kikuya M, Hansen TW, Thijs L, Björklund-Bodegard K, Kuznetsova T, Ohkubo T, Richart T, Torp-Pedersen C, Lind L, Ibsen H, Imai Y, Staessen JA, on behalf of the International Database on Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in relation to Cardiovascular Outcomes (IDACO) investigators.  Diagnostic thresholds for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring based on 10-year cardiovascular risk.  Circulation 2007; 115: 2145-2152.  
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Li Y, Zagato L, Kuznetsova T, Tripodi G, Zerbini G, Richart T, Thijs L, Manunta P, Wang JG, Bianchi G, Staessen JA.  Angiotensin-converting enzyme I/D and a-adducin Gly460Trp polymorphisms.  From angiotensin-converting enzyme activity to cardiovascular outcome.  Hypertension 2007; 49: 1291-1297.
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Staessen JA, Richart T.  Sum and substance in the Jikei Heart Study.  The Lancet 2007; 369: 1407-1408.
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Hansen TW, Staessen JA, Zhang H, Torp-Pedersen C, Rasmussen S, Thijs L, Ibsen H, Jeppesen J.  Cardiovascular outcome in relation to progression to hypertension in the Copenhagen MONICA cohort.  American Journal of Hypertension 2007; 20: 483-491.
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Richart T, Staessen JA, Birkenhäger WH.  Imidapril : Will fewer adverse events translate into better long-term outcomes?  Drugs 2007; 67: 1379-1382. 
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Staessen JA, Thijs L, Li Y, Kuznetsova T, Richart T, Wang J, Birkenhäger WH.  ‘Beyond blood pressure’ means multiple risk factor intervention, not pleiotropic antihypertensive drugs.  Current Opinion in Cardiology 2007; 22: 335-343.
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Staessen JA, O'Brien E.  Will generic hypertension guidelines reduce the proliferation of directives ?  Heart 2007; 93: 775-777.
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Li Y, Staessen JA, Lu L, Li LH, Wang GL, and Wang JG.  Is isolated nocturnal hypertension a novel clinical entity ?  Findings from a Chinese population study.  Hypertension 2007; 50: 333-339.  
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Blood Pressure Lowering Trialists’ Collaboration.  Blood pressure-dependent and indenpendent effects of agents that inhibit the rennin-angiotensin system.  Journal of Hypertension 2007; 25: 951-958. 
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Adiyaman A, Boggia J, Li Y, Wang JG, O’Brien E, Richart T, Thijs l, Staessen JA.  Dipping deeper into the ambulatory arterial stiffness index.  Hypertension 2007; 50: e59-e60.  
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Hansen TW, Kikuya M, Thijs L, Björklund-Bodegård K, Kuznetsova T, Ohkubo T., Richart T, Torp-Pedersen C, Lind L., Jeppesen J, Ibsen H, Imai Y, Staessen JA, on behalf of the IDACO Investigators.  Prognostic superiority of daytime ambulatory over conventional blood pressure in four populatios : a meta-analasis of 7030 individuals.  Journal of Hypertension 2007; 25: 1554-1564.
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Birkenhäger WH, Staessen JA.  Dual inhibition of the renin system by aliskiren and valsartan.  The Lancet; 370: 195-196. 
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Staessen JA, O’Brien E.  Progress in blood pressure measurement: a workshop of the European Society of Hypertension.  Blood Pressure Monitoring 2007; 12: 243-244.
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Thijs L, Hansen TW, Kikuya M, Björklund- Bodegård K, Li, Y, Dolan E, Tikhonoff V, Sleidorová J, Kuznetsova T, Stolarz K, Bianchi M, Richart T, Casiglia E, Malyutina S, Filipovský J, Kawecka-Jaszcz K, Nikitin Y, Ohkubo T, Sandoya E, Wang JG, Torp-Perdesen C, Lind L, Ibsen H, Imai Y, Staessen JA, O’Brien E, and on behalf of the IDACO Investigators.  The International Database of Ambulatory Blood Pressure in relation to Cardiovascular Outcome (IDACO): protocol and research perspectives. Blood Pressure Monitoring 2007; 12: 255-262.
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Pan CR, Staessen JA, Li Y, Wang JG.  Comparison of three measures of the ankle-brachial blood pressure index in a general population.  Hypertension Research 2007; 30: 555-561.
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Majane OH, Norton GR, Maseko MJ, Makaula S, Crowther N, Paiker J, Thijs L, Brooksbank R, Sareli P, Staessen JA, Woodiwiss AJ.  The association between waist circumference with ambulatory blood pressure is independent of alternative adiposity indices.  Journal of Hypertension 2007; 25: 1798-1806. 
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Adiyaman A, Staessen JARenin turning full circle as cardiovascular risk factor.  European Heart Journal 2007; 28: 2557-2558.
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Richart T, Li Y, Staessen JA.  Renal versus extrarenal activation of vitamin D in relation to atherosclerosis, arterial stiffening, and hypertension.  American Journal of Hypertension 2007; 20: 1007-1015. 
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Celis H, Staessen JA.  Circadian variation of blood pressure in the population at large (Chapter 7).  In: Blood Pressure Monitoring in Cardiovascular Medicine and Therapeutics (2nd edition), Ed. White WB, Humana Press, Totowa, New Jersey, USA, 2007, pp 159-185 (ISBN: 978-1-58829-512-5). 
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Fagard RH, Staessen JA, Thijs L, Celis H, Bulpitt CJ, de Leeuw PW, Leonetti G, Tuomilehto J, Yodfat Y.  On-treatment diastolic blood pressure and prognosis in systolic hypertension.  Archives of Internal Medicine 2007; 167: 1884-1891.
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Boggia J, Li Y, Thijs L, Hansen TW, Kikuya M, Björklund-Bodegård K, Richart T, Ohkubo T, Kuznetsova T, Torp-Pedersen C, Lind L, Ibsen H, Imai Y, Wang JG, Sandoya E, O’Brien E, Staessen JA, on behalf of the International Database  on Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in relation to Cardiovascular Outcomes (IDACO) Investigators.  Prognostic accuracy of day versus night ambulatory blood pressure : a cohort study.  The Lancet; 370: 1219-1229. 
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Majane HOI, Norton G, Maseko MJ, Makaula S, Crowther N, Paicker J, Brooksbank R, thijs L, Sarelii P, Staessen JA, Woodiwiss A.  Preferred clinical index of adiposity when predicting ambulatory blood pressure.  Cardiovascular Journal of Africa 2007; 18 (suppl): S18.
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Fagard R, Stolarz K, Kuznetsova T, Seidlerová J, Tikhonoff V, Grodzicki T, Nikitin Y, Filipovský J, Peleška J, Casiglia E, Thijs L, Staessen JA, Kawecka-Jaszcz.  Sympathetic activity, assessed by power spectral analysis of heart rate variability, in white-coat, masked and sustained hypertension versus true normotension.  Journal of Hypertension 2007; 25: 2280-2285.
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Woodiwiss AJ, Maseko MJ, Thijs L, Sareli P, Staessen JA, Norton G.  Nocturnal decreases in blood pressure are not attenuated in subjects of African compared to European descent.  Cardiovascular Journal of Africa 2007; 18 (suppl): S32. 
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Parati G, Staessen JA.  Day-night blood pressure variations : mechanisms, reproducibility and clinical relevance.  Journal of Hypertension 2007; 25: 2377-2380. 
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Wang GL, Li Y, Staessen JA, Lu L, Wang JG.  Anthropometric and lifestyle factors associated with white-coat, masked and sustained hypertension in a Chinese population.  Journal of Hypertension 2007; 25: 2398-2405. 
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Birkenhäger WB, de Leeuw PW, Richart T, Staessen JA.  Hypertensie als bron van cognitieve regressie, respectievelijk dementie.  Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde 2007; 151: 2435-2439. 
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Candy GP, Libhaber EN, Lawson M, Tshele E, Esser JD, Staessen JA, Sareli P.  Renal function and urinary microalbumin excretion in South African patients with mild-to-moderate hypertension.  Cardiovascular Journal of Africa 2007; 18 (suppl): S14. 
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Norton GR, Maseko MJ, Libhaber E, Libhaber C, Staessen JA, Woodiwiss AJ.  Relative impact of conventional blood pressure and arterial stiffness on target-organ changes.  Cardiovascular Journal of Africa 2007; 18 (suppl): S23. 
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Dolan E, Staessen JA, O’Brien E.  Data from the Dublin outcome study.  Blood Pressure Monitoring 2007; 12: 401-403. 
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Kikuya M, Hansen TW, Thijs L, Björklund-Bodegard K, Kuznetsova T, Ohkubo T, Richart T, Torp-Pedersen C, Lind L, Ibsen H, Imai Y, Staessen JA, and on behalf of the IDACO investigators.  Diagnostic thresholds for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring based on 10-year cardiovascular risk.  Blood Pressure Monitoring 2007; 12: 393-395. 
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Prospective Studies Collaboration. Blood cholesterol and vascular mortality by age, sex, and blood pressure : a meta-analysis of individual data from 61 prospective studies with 55000 vacsular deaths.  Lancet 2007; 370: 1829-1839. 
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Hogervorst J, Plusquin M, Vangronsveld J, Nawrot T, Cuypers A, Van Hecke E, Roels HA, Carleer R, Staessen JA.  House dust as possible route of environmental exposure to cadmium and lead in the adult general population.  Environmental Research 2006; 103: 30-37.
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2008

Fagard RH, Celis H, Thijs L, Staessen JA, Clement DL, De Buyzere ML, De Bacquer DA.  Daytime and nighttime blood pressure as predictors of death and cause-specific cardiovascular events in hypertension.  Hypertension 2008; 51: 55-61.
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Boggia L, Li Y, Hansen TW, Kikuya M. Staessen JA.  Author’s reply.  The Lancet 2008; 371: 113-115.
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Tikhonoff V, Staessen JA, Kuznetsova T, Thijs L, Hasenkamp S, Bäumer V, Stolarz K, Seidlerová J, Filipovský J, Nikitin Y, Peleška J, Kawecka-Jaszcz, Casiglia E, Brand-Herrmann SM, Brand E, for the European Project on Genes in Hypertension (EPOGH) Investigators.  SAH gene variants revisited in the European Project on Genes in Hypertension.  JournaL of Hypertension 2008; 26: 244-250.
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Staessen JA.  Can lowering blood pressure prevent vascular complications in patients with type 2 diabetes ?  Practice point.  Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine 2008; 5: 194-195.
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Hansen TW, Li Y, Staessen JA, Jeppesen J, Rasmussen S, Wang JG, Thijs L, Ibsen, Safar ME, Torp-Pedersen C.  Independent prognostic value of the ambulatory arterial stiffness index and aortic pulse wave velocity in a general population.  Journal of Human Hypertension 2008; 22: 214-216. 
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Seidlerová J, Bochud M, Staessen JA, Cwynar M, Dolejšová, Kuznetsova T, Nawrot T,
Olszanecka A, Stolarz K, Thijs L, Woiciechowska V, Struijker-Boudier HA, Kawecka-Jaszcz K, Elston RC, Fagard R, Filipovský J, on behalf of the EPOGH investigators.  Heritability and intrafamilial aggregation of arterial characteristics.  Journal of Hypertension 2008; 26: 721-728. 
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Verdecchia P, Staessen JA, Achilli A, de Simone G, Ganau A, Mureddu G, Pede S, Porcellati C, Fornari G, Maggioni AP, Ceseri M, Lucci D, Lorimer A, Repaci S, Castellani C, Achilli P, Jaspers C, Cucchiara G, Panzano C, Angeli F, the Cardio-Sis Study Group.  Randomized study of traditional versus aggressive systolic blood pressure control (Cardio-Sis) : rationale, design and characteristics of the study population.  Journal of Human Hypertension 2008; 22: 243-251.
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Kuznetsova T, Citterio L, Herbots L, Delli Carpini S, Thijs L, Casamassima N, Richart T, Fagard RH, Bianchi G, Staessen JA.  Effects of genetic variation in adducin on left ventricular diastolic function as assessed by tissue Doppler imaging in a Flemish population.  Journal of Hypertension 2008; 26: 1229-1236.
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Beckett NS, Peters R, Fletcher AE, Staessen JA, Liu L, Dumitrascu D, Stoyanovsky V, Antikainen RL, Nikitin Y, Anderson C, Belhani A, Forette F, Rajkumar C, Thijs L, Banya W, Bulpitt CJ, for the HYVET Study Group.  Treatment of hypertension in patients 80 years of age or older.  New England Journal of Medicine 2008; 358: 1887-1898.
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Dechering DG, Adiyaman A, Thijs L, Li Y, Hansen TW, Kikuya M, Dolan E, Thien T, O’Brien E, Staessen JA.  Spotlights on ambulatory measures of arterial stiffness.  American Journal of Hypertension 2008; 21: 368-369.
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Staessen JA.  Antiproteinuric effects of cilnidipine.  Kidney International 2008; 73: 1095.
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Schutte R, Nawrot T, Richart T, Thijs L, Roels HA, Van Bortel LM, Struijker-Boudier H, Staessen JA.  Arterial structure and function and environmental exposure to cadmium.  Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2007; 65: 412-419.
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Adiyaman A, Staessen JA.  Kardiyovasküler risk Faktörü olarak renin : Tam bir dönüş.  European Heart Journal (Turkish Edition) 2008; 1: 10-11. 
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Li Y, Staessen JA, Li LH, Huang QF, Lu L, Wang JG.  Reference values for the arterial pulse wave in Chinese.  American Journal of Hypertension 2008; 21: 668-673. 
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Staesen JA, Kuznetsova T, Zhang H, Maillard M, Bochud M, Hasenkamp S, Westerkamp J, Richart T, Thijs L, Li X, Brand-Herrmann SM, Burnier M, Brand E.  Blood pressure and renal sodium handling in relation to genetic variation in the DRD1 promoter and GRK4Hypertension 2008; 51: 1643-1650. 
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Hansen TW, Kikuya M, Thijs L, Li Y, Boggia J, Björklund-Bodegård K, Torp-Pedersen C, Jeppesen J, Ibsen H, Staessen JA.  Diagnositic thresholds for ambulatory blood pressure moving lower : a review based on a meta-analysis — Clinical implications.  Journal of Clinical Hypertension 2008; 10: 377-381.
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Staessen JA, O’Brien E.  Proceedings of a workshop of the European Society of Hypertension.  Blood Pressure Monitoring 2008; 13: 143.
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Richart T, Kouznetsova, T, Struijker-Boudier H, Staessen JA.  Wave reflections in systolic hypertension : smaller stature, shorter aorta : higher pulse pressure ?  Hypertension 2008; 51:e37 (author reply: e319-e40).
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Staessen JA, Richart T, Verdecchia P.  Reducing blood pressure in people of different ages.  Absolute benefit increases with age and management of the overall cardiovascular risk.  British Medical Journal 2008; 336: 1080-1081. 
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Blood Pressure Lowering Trialists’ Collaboration.  The effects of different blood pressure lowering regimens on major cardiovascular events in older and younger people : a prospective meta-analysis of randomised trials.  British Medical Journal 2008; 336: 1121-1123. 
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Riley R, Lambert P, Staessen J, Wang J, Gueyffier F, Thijs L, Florent B.  Meta-analysis of continuous outcomes combining individual patient data and aggregate data.  Statistics in Medicine 2008; 27: 1870-1893. 
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Adiyaman A, Dechering DG, Thien T, Boggia J, Hansen TW, Li Y, Wang JG, O’Brien E, Staessen JA.  Putting spin on the ambulatory arterial stiffness index.  Journal of Hypertension 2008; 26: 1266-1267 (authors’ reply: 1267-1269).
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Li Y, Boggia J, Thijs L, Hansen TW, Kikuya M, Björklund-Bodegård K, Richart T, Ohkubo T, Kuznetsova T, Torp-Pedersen C, Lind L, Ibsen H, Imai Y, Wang JG, Sandoya E, O’Brien E, Staessen JA, on behalf of the International Database  on Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in relation to Cardiovascular Outcomes (IDACO) Investigators.  Is blood pressure during the night more predictive of cardiovascular outcome than during the day?  Blood Pressure Monitoring; 13: 145-147.
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Li LH, Li Y, Huang QF, Sheng CS, Staessen JA, Wang JG.  Isolated nocturnal hypertension in a Chinese population.  Blood Pressure Monitoring; 13: 157-159. 
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Jin Y, Kuznetsova T, Tikhonoff V, Maillard M, Bochud M, Burnier M, Hasenkamp S, Brand E, Brand-Herrmann SM, Richart T, Staessen JA.  Segmental renal sodium handling in relation to the human SAH gene.  Hypertension 2008; 52:e12-e13.
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Nawrot TS, Van Hecke E, Thijs L, Richart T, Kuznetsova T, Jin Y, Vangronsveld J, Roels HA, Staessen JA.  Cadmium-related mortality and long-term secular trends in the cadmium body burden of an environmetally exposed population.  Environmental Health Perspectives 2008; 116: 1620-1628.
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Wizner B, Dechering DG, Thijs L, Atkins N, Fagard R, O’Brien E, de Leeuw PW, Parati G, Palatini P, Clement D, Grodzicki T, Kario K, Staessen JA.  Short-term and long-term reproducibility of the morning blood pressure in older patients with isolated systolic hypertension.  Journal of Hypertension 2008; 26: 1328-1335. 
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Schutte R, Nawrot TS, Richart T, Thijs L, Vanderschueren D, Kuznetsova T, Van Hecke E, Roels HA, Staessen JA.  Bone resorption and environmental exposure to cadmium in women : a population study.  Environmental Health Perspectives 2008; 116: 777-783.  
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Hansen TW, Thijs L, Boggia J, Li Y, Kikuya M, Björklund-Bodegård K, Richart T, Ohkubo T, Jeppesen J, Torp-Pedersen C, Lind L, Sandoya E, Imai Y, Wang J, Ibsen H, O’Brien E, Staessen JA.  Prognostic value of ammulatory heart rate revisited in 6928 subjects from 6 populations.  Hypertension 2008; 52: 229-235.
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Gąsowski J, Li Y, Kuznetsova T, Richart T, Thijs L, Grodzicki T, Clarke T, Staessen JA.   Is “usual” blood pressure a proxy for 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure in predicting cardiovascular outcomes?  American Journal of Hypertension 2008; 21: 994-1000.
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Tikhonoff V, Hasenkamp S, Kuznetsova T, Thijs L, Jin Y, Richart T, Zhang H, Brand-Herrmann SH, Brand E, Casiglia E, Staessen JA.  Blood pressure and metabolic phenotypes in relation to the ADRB1 Arg389Gly and ADRA2B I/D polymorphisms in a White population.  Journal of Human Hypertension 2008; 22: 864-867.
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Parati G, Stergiou GS, Asmar R, Bilo G, de Leeuw P, Imai Y, Kario K, Lurbe E, Manolis A, Mengden T, O’Brien E, Ohkubo T, Padfield P, Palatini P, Pickering T, Redón J, Revera M, Ruilope LM, Shennan A, Staessen JA, Tisler A, Waeber B, Zanchetti A, Mancia G.  European Society of Hypertension guidelines for blood pressure monitoring at home : a summary report of the second international consensus conference on home blood pressure monitoring.  Journal of Hypertension 2008; 26: 1505-1530.
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Peters R, Beckett N, Forette F, Tuomilehto J, CLARKE R, Ritchie C, Waldman A, Walton I, Poulter R, Ma S, Comsa M, Burch L, Fletcher A, Bulpitt C, for the HYVET investigators.  Incident dementia and blood pressure lowering in the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial cognitive function assessment (HYVET-COG): a double-blind, placebo controlled trial.  The Lancet Neurology 2008; 7: 683-689.
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Kuznetsova T, Brouilette S, Codd V, Thijs L, Richart T, Staessen JA, Samani NJ.  Telomere attrition rate in a longitudinal population study.  Journal of Hypertension 2008; 26 (suppl 1): S132
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Tikhonoff V, Kuznetsova T, Stolarz-Skrzypek K, Richart T, Kawecka-Jaszcz K, Casiglia E, Staessen JA.  Modulation of genetic cardiovascular risk by age and lifestyle.  Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports 2008; 2: 398-404.
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Hasenkamp S, Telgmann R, Staessen JA, Hagedorn C, Dördelmann C, Bek M, Brand-Herrmann SM, Brand E.  Characterization and functional analyses of the human G protein-coupled receptor kinase 4 gene (GRK4) promoter.  Hypertension 2008; 52: 737-746.
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Safar ME, Amar J, Blacher J, Bots M, Hansen TW, Kullo I, Mceniery C, Mattace-Raso F, Mitchel G, O’Rourke M, Protogerou A, Staessen J, Vlachopoulos C, Wang JG, Wilkinson I.  Systolic and pulse pressure in hypertension : what have we learnt ?  In: The Year in Hypertension Volume 7, Ed. Townsend R,  Clinical Publishing, Oxford, United Kingdom, pp 211-226 (ISBN: 1-84692-023-X).
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Fagard RH, Thijs L, Staessen JA, Clement DL, De Buyzere ML, Bacquer DA.  Prognostic significance of ambulatory blood pressure in hypertensive patients with history of cardiovascular disease.  Blood Pressure Monitoring 2008; 13: 325-332.
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Staessen JA, Richart T, Thijs L, Birkenhäger WH.  Dementia and hypertension (Chapter 15).  In: Research Progress in Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia.  Volume 3, Ed. Sun MK, Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, New York, USA, 2007, pp 381-413 (ISBN: 978-1-60021-960-3).
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Thien T, Adiyaman A, Staessen JA.  Blood pressure measurement in 2008 : revival of oscillometry ?  Netherlands Journal of Medicine 2008; 66: 453-456.
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Dechering DG, van der Steen MS, Adiyaman A, Thijs L, Deinum J, Li Y, Dolan E, Akkermans RPM, Richart T, Hansen TW, Kikuya M, Wang J, O’Brien E, Thien T, Staessen JA.  Reproducibility of the ambulatory arterial stiffness index in hypertensive patients.  Journal of Hypertension 2008; 26: 1993-2000.
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Kuznetsova T, Herbots L, Richart T, D’hooge J, Thijs L, Fagard RH, Herregodts MC, Staessen JA.  Left ventricular strain and strain rate in a general population.  European Heart Journal 2008; 29: 2014-2023. 
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Adiyaman A, Dechering DG, Boggia J, Li Y, Hansen TW, Kikuya M, Björklund-Bodegård K, Richart T, Thijs L, Torp-Pedersen C, Ohkubo T, Dolan E, Imai Y, Sandoya E, Ibsen H, Wang J, Lind L, O’Brien E, Thien T, Staessen JA, on behalf of the International Database on Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in relation to Cardiovascular Outcomes (IDACO) investigators.   Determinants of the ambulatory arterial stiffness index in 7604 subjects from 6 populations.  Hypertension 2008; 52: 1038-1044.
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Staessen JA.  Blood pressure lowering for the primary and secondary prevention of stroke (OR07-02).  International Journal of Stroke 2008; 3: (suppl 1): 34.
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Turnbull F, Woodward M, Neal B, Barzi F, Nimomiya T, Chalmers J, Perkovic V, Li N, MacMahon S, the Blood Pressure Lowering Trialists’ Collaboration.  Do men and women respond differently to blood pressure lowering treatment?  European Heart Journal 2008; 29: 2669-2680.
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Staessen JA, Thijs L, Ohkubo T, Kikuya M, Richart T, Boggia J, Adiyaman A, Dechering DG, Kuznetsova T, Thien T, de Leeuw P, Imai Y, O’Brien E, Parati G.  Thirty years of research on diagnostic and therapeutic thresholds for the self-measured blood pressure at home.  Blood Pressure Monitoring 2008; 13: 352-365. 
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2009

Hansen, TW, Li Y, Staessen JA.  Blood pressure variability remains an elusive predictor of cardiovascular outcome.  American Journal of Hypertension 2009; 22: 3-4.
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Seidlerová J, Staessen JA, Bochud M, Nawrot T, Casamassima N, Citterio L, Kuznetsova T, Jin Y, Manunta P, Richart T, Struijker-Boudier HA, Fagard R, Filipovský J, Bianchi G.  Arterial properties in relation to genetic variations in the adducin subunits in a white popu-lation.   American Journal of Hypertension 2009; 22: 21-26.
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Roos M, Richart T, Kuznetsova T, von Eynatten M, Lutz J, Heemann U, Baumann M, Staessen JA.  Fetuin-A and arterial stiffness in patients with normal kidney function.   Regulatory Peptides 2009; 154: 39-43. DOWNLOAD  

Baumann M, von Eynatten M, Liu D, Richart T, Kuznetsova T, Heemann U, Staessen J.  Altered molecular weight forms of adiponectin in hypertension.  Journal of Clinical Hypertension 2009; 11: 11-16. 
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Jin Y, Kuznetsova T, Tikhonoff V, Thijs L, Hasenkamp S, Bäumer V, Stolarz K, Ryabikov A, Richart T, Malyutina S, Nikitin Y, Casiglia E, Kawecka-Jaszcz K,Olszanecka A, Brand-Herrmann S-M, Brand E, Fagard R, Staessen JA. Left ventricular structure in relation to the human SAH gene in the European Project on Genes in Hypertension.  Hypertension Research 2009; 32: 145-151.  
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Tripodi G, Citterio L, Kuznetsova T, Lanzani C, Florio M, Modica R, Messagio E, Hamlyn JM, Zagato L, Bianchi G, Staessen JA, Manunta P.  Steroid biosynthesis and renal excretion in human essential hypertension : association with blood pressure and endogenous ouabain.  American Journal of Hypertension 2009; 22: 357-363. 
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Wizner B, Dechering DG, Thijs L, Kuznetsova T, Richart T, Jin Y, Gąsowski J, O’Brien E, Struijker-Boudier HA, Grodzicki T, Staessen JA.  Conventional and 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure as independent predictors of elastic arterial properties.  Blood Pressure Monitoring 2009; 14: 12-19. 
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Fagard RH, Thijs L, Staessen JA, Clement DL, De Buyzere ML, De Bacquer DA.  Night-day blood pressure ratio and dipping pattern as predictors of death and cardiovascular events in hypertension.  Journal of Human Hypertension  200923: 645-653.
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Dechering D, Adiyaman A, Thijs L, Li Y, Richart T, Hansen TW, Kikuya M, Wang J, O’Brien E, Thien T, Staessen JA.  Comments on the reproducibility of the ambulatory arterial stiffness index  and QRS Korotkoff delay index.  Journal of Hypertension 2009; 27: 436-437. 
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Verdecchia P, Angeli F, Cavallini C, Gattobigio R, Gentile G, Staessen JA, Reboldi GP.  Blood pressure reduction and renin-angiotensin system inhibition for prevention of congestive heart failure : a meta-analysis.  European Heart Journal 2009; 30: 679-688. 
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Bochud M, Staessen JA, Maillard M, Mazeko MJ, Kuznetsova T, Woodiwiss A, Richart T, Norton G, Thijs L, Elston R, Burnier M.  Ethnic differences in proximal and distal tubular sodium reabsorption are heritable in Black and White populations.  Journal of Hypertension 2009; 27: 606-612.
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Prospective Studies Collaboration.  Body-mass index and cause-specific mortality in 900 000 adults : collaborative analyses of 57 prospective studies.  The Lancet 2009; 373: 1083-1096. 
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Kuznetsova T, Herbots L, López B, Jin Y, Richart T, Thijs L, González A, Herregods MC, Fagard RH, Dίez J, Staessen JA.  Prevalence of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in a general population.  Circulation Heart Failure 2009; 2: 105-112.
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Staessen JA, Richart T, Birkenhäger WH.  Candesartan for cardiovascular prevention in Japanese hypertensive patients with coronary heart disease.  European Heart Journal 2009; 30: 1164-1166.
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Adiyaman A, Dechering D, Thien T, Boggia J, Li Y, Wang JG, Hansen TW, O’Brien E, Richart T, Thijs L, Staessen JA.  Response to “Determinants of the ambulatory arterial stiffness index regression line.”  Hypertension 2009; 53: e34. 
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Seidlerová J, Staessen JA, Nawrot T, Brand E, Brand-Herrmann SM, Casamassima N, Citterio L, Hasenkamp S, Kuznetsova T, Li Y, Manunta P, Richart T, Struijker-Boudier HA, Fagard R, Filipovský J.  Arterial properties in relation to genetic variations in  α-adducin and the renin-angiotensin system in a White population.   Journal of Human Hypertension 2009; 23: 55-64.
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Bulpitt CJ, Beckett NS, Peters R, Banya W, Liu L, Wang JG, Stoyanovski V, Dumitrascu D, Nikitin Y, Staessen JA, Burch L, Fletcher AE.  Baseline characteristics of participants in the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial (HYVET).  Blood Pressure 2009; 18: 17-22. 
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Kuznetsova T, Herbots L, Jin Y, Staessen JA.  Early systolic and diastolic left ventricular dysfunction in hypertensive heart disease.  Health Care Bulletin 2009; spring edition: 46-49.
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M'buyamba-Kabangu JR, Biswika RT, Thijs L, Tshimanga GM, Ngalula FM, Disashi T, Kayembe PK, Richart T, M'buyamba-Kayamba JR, Lepira FB, Staessen JA.  In-hospital mortality among black patients admitted for hypertension-related disorders in Mbuji Mayi, Congo.  American Journal of Hypertension 2009; 22: 643-648.
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Bots ML, Palmer MK, Dogan S, Pantinga Y, Raichlen JS, Evans GW, O’Leary DH, Grobbee DE, Crouse JR III, on behalf of the METEOR Study Group.  Intensive lipid lowering may reduce progression of carotid atherosclerosis within 12 months of treatment : the METEOR study.  Journal of Internal Medicine 2009; 265: 698-707. 
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Dechering D, Wisner B, Adiyaman A, Nawrot T, Jin Y, Richart T, Kuznetsova T, Struijker-Boudier HA, Thien T, Staessen JA.   Sphygmomanometric and ambulatory blood pressures as  forerunners of carotid and femoral intima-media thickness.  Journal of Hypertension  2009; 27: 813-821.
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Jin Y, Kuznetsova T, Maillard M, Richart T, Thijs L, Bochud M, Herreggods MC, Burnier M, Fagard R, Staessen JA.  Independent relations of left ventricular structure with 24-h urinary excretion of sodium and aldosterone.  Hypertension 2009; 54: 489-495.
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Tikhonoff V, Zhang H, Richart T, Staessen JA.  Blood pressure as a prognostic factor after acute stroke.  The Lancet Neurology 2009; 8: 938-948..
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Liu L, Wang Z, Gong L, Zhang Y, Thijs L, Staessen JA, Wang J.  Blood pressure lowering for the secondary prevention of stroke: a Chinese trial and a systematic review of the literature.  Hypertension Research 2009; 32: 1032-1040. 
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Paolo Verdecchia, Jan A Staessen, Fabio Angeli, Giovanni de Simone, Augusto Achilli, Antonello Ganau, Gianfrancesco Mureddu, Sergio Pede, Aldo P Maggioni, Donata Lucci, Gianpaolo Reboldi, on behalf of the Cardio-Sis investigators.   Usual versus tight control of systolic blood pressure in non-diabetic patients with hypertension (Cardio-Sis): an open-label randomised trial. Lancet 2009; 374: 525–33.
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Baumann M, Richart T, Sollinger D, Pelisek J, Roos M, Kouznetsova T, Eckstein HH, Heemann U, Staessen JA.  Association between carotid diameter and the advanced glycation endproduct Nepsilon-carboxymethyllysine (CML).  Cardiovascular Diabetology 2009; 8: 45 (doi: I0.I I86/1475-2840-8-45; 8 pages).
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Richart T, Kuznetsova T, Wizner B, Struijker-Boudier HA, Staessen JA.  Validation of automated oscillometric versus manual measurement of the ankle-brachial index.  Hypertension Research 2009; 0: In press.
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Kuznetsova T, Manunta P, Casamssima N, Messaggio E, Jin Y, Thijs L, Richart T, Fagard RH, Bianchi G, Staessen JA.  Left ventricular geometry and endogenous ouabain  in a Flemish population.  Journal of Hypertension 2009; 27: 1884-1891.
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Hansen TW, Thijs L, Li Y, Boggia J, Kikuya M, Björklund-Bodegård K, Richart T, Ohkubo T, Jeppesen J, Pedersen CT, Dolan E, Kuznetsova T, Stolarz-Skrzypek K, Tikhonoff V, Malyutina S, Casiglia E, Nikitin Y, Lind L, Sandoya E, Kawecka-Jaszcz K, Imai Y, Wang J, Ibsen H, O’Brien E, Staessen JA, on behalf of the International Database on Ambulatory blood pressure in relation to Cardiovascular Outcomes (IDACO) Investigators.  Prognostic value of 24‑h blood pressure variability in 7040 subjects from 6 populations.  Abstract Book 19th European Meeting on Hypertension, Milan, June 12-19, 2009;  Elsevier BV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.  Journal of Hypertension 2009; 27 (suppl 4): S51.

Verdecchia P, Angeli F, Staessen JA, Reboldi G.Cardiovascular effects of tight versus usual blood-pressure control - Authors' reply.  Lancet 2009; 374: 1742-1742.
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Carrein J, Richart T, Nawrot T, Roels HA, Thijs L, Vangronsveld J, Van Hecke E, Henderickx S, Staessen JA.  Cadmiumpraktijkgids voor artsen.  Publisher: Staessen JA (ISBN 978-90-814-6850-3).
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Barbieri M, Kimura M, Gardner J, Boccardi V, Papa M, Hjelmborg JV, Christensen K, Brimacombe M, Nawrot TS, Staessen J, Pollak MN, Aviv A.  Higher circulating levels of IGF-1 are associated with longer leukocyte telomeres.  American Journal of Physiology – Endocrinology and Metabolism 2009; In press.
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Dolan E, Mankia S, Staessen JA, O’Brien E.  Nighttime systolic blood pressure pressure area under the curve predicts cardiovascular mortality: Dublin Outcome Study.  Abstract Book 19th European Meeting on Hypertension, Milan, June 12-19, 2009;  Elsevier BV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.  Journal of Hypertension 2009; 27 (suppl 4): S171.
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Kuznetsova T, Richart T, Staessen JA.  Een Daiichi Sankyo en Menarini satellietsymposium gehouden tijdens het ESC-congres (zaterdag 29 augustus 2009).  Van uitdagingen naar oplossingen voor hypertensie.  Tijdschrift voor Cardiologie 2009; 21: 391-393. 
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Kuznetsova T, Richart T, Staessen JA.  Un symposium satellite Daiichi Sankyo et Menarini International lors du congrès de l’ ESC (samedi 29 août 2009).  Des défis aus solutions dans l’hypertension.  Journal de Cardiologie 2009;  21: 393-395.
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2010

Thijs L, Richart T, de Leeuw PW, Kuznetsova T, Grodzicki T, Kawecka-Jaszcz K, O’Brien E, Redón J, Birkenhäger WH, Fagard R, Staessen JA.  Morbidity and mortality on combination versus monotherapy: a post-hoc analysis of the Systolic Hypertension in Europe trial.  Journal of Hypertension 2010; In press.

Kuznetsova T, Herbots L, Jin Y, Stolarz K, Staessen JA.  Systolic and diastolic left ventricular dysfunction on the continuum from risk factors to vert heart failure.  Expert Reviews of Cardiovascular Therapy 2010; 8: 2514-258.
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Stolarz-Skrzypek K, Thijs L, Richart T, Ogedegbe G, Li Y, Hansen TW, Boggia J, Kikuya M, Wizner B, Kuznetsova T, Wang J, Lurbe E, Imai Y, Kawecka-Jaszcz, Staessen JA.  From pioneering to implementing automated Blood Pressure measurement in clinical practice: Thomas Pickering’s legacy.  Blood Pressure Monitoring 2010; In press.

Nawrot TS, Staessen JA, Holvoet P, Struijker-Boudier HA, Schiffers P, Van Bortel LM, Fagard RH, Gardner JP, Kimura M, Aviv A.  White blood cell telomere length and its associations with oxidized-LDL, carotid artery distensibility and smoking.  Frontiers In Bioscience 2010; In press. 

Ejim E, Staessen JA.  Review – Cardiovascular Endocrinology: Shared Pathways and Clinical Crossroads.  Acta Cardiologica 2010; 65: 146. 

Dennert, RM, van Paassen P, Schalla S, Kuznetsova T,  Alzand BS, Staessen AJ, Velthuis S, Crijns HJ, Cohen Tervaert JW, Heymans S.  Cardiac involvement in Churg-Strauss syndrome.  Arthritis and Rheumatism 2010;  62: 627-634.
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Li Y, Hansen TW, Staessen JA.  More information on the reproducibility of the ambulatory arterial stiffness index.   American Journal of Hypertension 2010;  23: 113-114.
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O’Brien E, Atkins N, Stergiou G, Karpettas N, Parati G, Asmar R, Imai Y, Wang J, Mengden T, Shennan A, on behalf of the Working Group on Blood Pressure Monitoring of the European Society of Hypertension.  European Society of Hypertension International Protocol revision 2010 for the validation of blood pressure measuring devices in adults.  Blood Pressure Monitoring 2010; 15: 23-38.
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Li  Y, Thijs L, Hansen TW, Kikuya M, Boggia J, Richart T, Metoki H, Ohkubo T, Pedersen CT, Kuznetsova T, Stolarz-Skrzypek K, Tikhonoff V, Malyutina S, Casiglia E, Nikitin Y ,  Sandoya E, Kawecka-Jaszcz K, Ibsen H, Imai Y, Wang J, Staessen JA, on behalf of the International Database on Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in relation to Cardiovascular Outcomes (IDACO) Investigators.  Prognostic value of the morning blood pressure surge in 5645 subjects from 8 populations.  Hypertension 201055: 1040-1048.
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Hansen TW, Thijs L, Li Y, Boggia J, Kikuya M, Björklund-Bodegård K, Richart T, Ohkubo T, Jeppesen J, Pedersen CT, Dolan E, Kuznetsova T, Stolarz-Skrzypek K, Tikhonoff V, Malyutina S, Casiglia E, Nikitin Y, Lind L, Sandoya E, Kawecka-Jaszcz K, Imai Y, Wang J, Ibsen H, O’Brien E, Staessen JA, on behalf of the International Database on Ambulatory blood pressure in relation to Cardiovascular Outcomes (IDACO) Investigators.  Prognostic value of short-term blood pressure variability over 24 hours in 8938 subjects from 11 populations.  Hypertension 2010; 55: 1049-1057.
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Staessen JA, Wang ZW, Richart T, Thijs L.  Implications of recently published trials of blood pressure lowering drugs in hypertensive or high-risk patients.  Hypertension 201055: 819-831.
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Nawrot TS, van der Harst P, Staessen JA.  Online journals : paying or delaying.  The Lancet 2010; In press.

 

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