Should diastolic and systolic blood pressure be considered for cardiovascular risk evaluation: A study in middle-aged men and women

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 163-168

  Benetos, Athanase ^a,b   Thomas, Frederique ^a   Safar, Michel E ^b   Bean, Kathryn E ^a   Guize, Louis ^a  

^a Centre d'Investigations Preventives et Cliniques IPC   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0035160644     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)01092-5     Document Type: Article

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