Pulse pressure and coronary mortality in elderly men and women from general population

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 611-620

  Casiglia, E ^a   Tikhonoff, V ^a   Mazza, A ^a   Piccoli, A ^a   Pessina, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary risk; Elderly; Epidemiology; Female; Population; Pressure

Indexed keywords

ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; COVARIANCE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PULSE PRESSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY DISEASE; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PULSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0036746567     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001461     Document Type: Article

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