Influence of sex and age on blood pressure variability

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 225-236

  Cicconetti, P ^a   Cacciafesta, M ^a   Migliori, M ^a   Di Gioacchino, C F ^a   Vetta, F ^a   Chiarotti, F ^b   Marigliano, V ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Blood pressure variability; Elderly people; Hypertension; Menopause

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0034089569     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(00)00052-2     Document Type: Article

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