Women with diabetes have poorer control of blood pressure than men

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 418-423

  Duggirala, Murali K ^a   Cuddihy, Robert M ^b,d   Cuddihy, Maria Teresa ^c   Nyman, Mark A ^a   Naessens, James M ^a   Pankratz, V Shane ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CALCULATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 22944463834     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2005.14.418     Document Type: Article

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