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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Patients in the lowest quartile of SBP (SBP < or = 110 mm Hg ; mean SBP 102 mm Hg ; n = 940) had more severe HF and a significantly increased adjusted risk of death (hazard ratio [HR], 1. 21 ; 95 % confidence interval [CI], 1. 03 to 1. 43 ; P = 0. 02), first morbid event (HR, 1. 25 ; 95 % CI, 1. 10 to 1. 40 ; P = 0. 001), and hospitalization for HF (HR, 1. 45 ; 95 % CI, 1. 22 to 1. 73 ; P < 0. 001) than did patients in the upper 3 quartiles of baseline SBP (mean SBP 130 mm Hg ; n = 3260).