The "nondipper" elderly: A clinical entity or a bias?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 967-971

  Pasqualini, Rita ^a   Foroni, Micaela ^a   Salvioli, Gianfranco ^a   Mussi, Chiara ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Estense   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Blood pressure monitoring ambulatory; Circadian rhythm; Hypertension; Sleep

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE;

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYPHARMACY; PREVALENCE; PULSE PRESSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOVEMENT; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 2942744692     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52266.x     Document Type: Article

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