Risk factors and predictors of coronary arterial lesions in Japanese hypertensive patients

Hypertension Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-11

  Kato, J ^a   Aihara, A ^a   Kikuya, M ^a   Matsubara, M ^a   Ohta, M ^a   Ohkubo, T ^a   Tsuji, I ^a   Sekino, H ^a   Meguro, T ^a   Imai, Y ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery lesion; Essential hypertension; Predictors; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICS; THORAX PAIN; TUNICA MEDIA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; CAROTID ARTERIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035115505     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.24.3     Document Type: Article

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