Mental arithmetic is a useful diagnostic evaluation in white coat hypertension

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-45

  Nakao, Mutsuhiro ^a   Shimosawa, Tatsuo ^a   Nomura, Shinobu ^a   Kuboki, Tomifusa ^a   Fujita, Toshiro ^a   Murata, Katsuyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Confounding factor; Essential hypertension; Mental arithmetic testing; White coat hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031942386     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(97)00359-2     Document Type: Article

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