Pulse pressure: An independent predictor of coronary and stroke mortality in elderly females from the general population

Blood Pressure

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 205-211

  Mazza, A ^a   Pessina, A C ^a   Gianluca, P ^a   Tikhonoff, V ^a   Pavei, A ^a   Casiglia, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly; Epidemiology; Mortality; Pulse pressure; Relative risk

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0035211741     PISSN: 08037051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08037050152669710     Document Type: Article

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