Blood pressure and mortality risk in older people: Comparison between African Americans and Whites

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 375-381

  Blazer, Dan G ^a   Landerman, Lawrence R ^a   Hays, Judith C ^a   Grady, Tana A ^b   Havlik, Richard ^c   Corti, Maria Chiara ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

African American; Aging; Blood pressure; Hypertension; Longitudinal study; Mortality; Race

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CANCER; CAUCASIAN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; NORTH CAROLINA;

EID: 0035028791     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49079.x     Document Type: Article

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