Combining annual blood pressure measurements in childhood to improve prediction of young adult blood pressure

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 2625-2640

  Cook, Nancy R ^a   Gillman, Matthew W ^b   Rosner, Bernard A ^a,c   Taylor, James O ^a,d   Hennekens, Charles H ^e  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d East Boston Neighborhood Health Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SYSTOLE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034668167     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0258(20001015)19:19<2625::AID-SIM536>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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