Trends in the prevalence of isolated systolic hypertension in the middle-aged population in 1972-1992

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 485-491

  Antikainen, Riitta ^a,c   Jousilahti, P ^b   Tuomilehto, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cross sectional studies; Diastolic hypertension; Isolated systolic hypertension; Middle aged population; Prevalence; Trend

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION;

EID: 0032764153     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1000859     Document Type: Article

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