Determinants and significance of declining blood pressure in old age. A prospective birth cohort study

European Heart Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1872-1878

  Hakala, S M ^a   Tilvis, Reijo S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aged; Blood pressure; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENESCENCE; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; SURVIVAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTURE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0032401201     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1998.1232     Document Type: Article

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