Sex, cardiac hypertrophy and diurnal blood pressure variations in essential hypertension

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1992, Pages 683-692

  Verdecchia, Paolo ^a   Schillaci, Giuseppe ^a   Boldrini, Francesca ^a   Guerrieri, Massimo ^a   Porcell At I, Carlo ^a  

^a Division of Medicine ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Echocardiography; Hypertension; Left ventricular hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS; CARDIOMEGALY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0026689248     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199207000-00013     Document Type: Article

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