Admission blood pressure indexes and risk of in- hospital death and dependency among acute

Purpose: To study the association between blood pressure (BP) SBP, DBP, mean arterial pressure (MAP) and pulse pressure (PP) and clinical outcome in acute hemorrhagic stroke patients in the Chinese population. Methods: 1,760 hemorrhagic stroke patients admitted to six hospitals from January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2005 were included in the study. BP and other variables were collected within the first 24-hr of admission. Clinical out-comes at discharge were evaluated by neurologists. Multivariate-adjusted odds ratios associated with increment of 1 standard deviation (SD) mmHg in four BP were de-termined by multiple logistic regression analysis. Results: The four BP indexes at admission were positively associated with death and SBP, DBP, MAP were associate