Blunted reduction in night-time blood pressure is associated with cognitive deterioration in subjects with long-standing hypertension

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 71-76

  Bellelli, Giuseppe ^a   Frisoni, Giovanni B ^b   Lucchi, Elena ^a   Guerini, Fabio ^a   Geroldi, Cristina ^b   Magnifico, Francesca ^a   Bianchetti, Angelo ^c   Trabucchi, Marco ^d,e  

^a 'Ancelle della Carita' Hospital   (Italy)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^c S ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^e GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive deterioration; Hypertension; Night time blood pressure reduction

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NIGHT; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REDUCTION; STANDARD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 2342625963     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126097-200404000-00003     Document Type: Article

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