Source of measurement variation in blood pressure in large-scale epidemiological surveys with follow-up

Blood Pressure

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 357-365

  Andersen, Ulla Overgaard ^a   Henriksen, Jens H ^a   Jensen, Gorm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Epidemiology; Measurement variation; Methodology; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; WEATHER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; DENMARK; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; WEATHER;

EID: 0036930595     PISSN: 08037051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/080370502321095320     Document Type: Article

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