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A meta-analysis in 2000, which combined the results of several studies of 8,000 elderly patients in all, found that
a 10 mm Hg increase in pulse pressure increased the risk of major cardiovascular complications and mortality by nearly 20%.[5]
Heightened pulse pressure is also a risk factor for the development of atrial fibrillation.[6]
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mortality rates - to assess the health of large populations. Life expectancy is the average age a person is expected to live. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, most countries have seen a significant increase in life expectancy. Today, the average global citizen can expect to live 27 years longer than his relatives in the 1900s. Some nations have experienced even more dramatic increase