Physical activity level is an independent predictor of the diurnal variation in blood pressure

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 405-410

  Leary, Andrew C ^a,b   Donnan, Peter T ^b   MacDonald, Thomas M ^b   Murphy, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actigraphy; Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Nocturnal dip; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ACTIMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT SLEEP; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0034079317     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200018040-00008     Document Type: Article

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