Body height is a determinant of seasonal blood pressure variation in patients with essential hypertension

Hypertension Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 587-592

  Nakajima, J ^a   Kawamura, M ^a   Fujiwara, T ^a   Hiramori, K ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Body height; Environmental temperature; Hypertension; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMLODIPINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BENIDIPINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIHYDROPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; MANIDIPINE; NISOLDIPINE; NITRENDIPINE; SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATRIURESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOMETER; TOBACCO; WINTER;

EID: 0034523427     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.23.587     Document Type: Article

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