Age-specific relationship between blood pressure and the risk of total and cardiovascular mortality in Japanese men and women

Hypertension Research

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 901-909

  Sairenchi, Toshimi ^c   Iso, Hiroyasu ^a,d   Irie, Fujiko ^b   Fukasawa, Nobuko ^c   Yamagishi, Kazumasa ^a   Kanashiki, Maki ^c   Saito, Yoko ^c   Ota, Hitoshi ^c   Nose, Tadao ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Ibaraki Prefectural Office   (Japan)

^c Ibaraki Health Service Association   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Blood pressure; Cardiovascular disease; Follow up study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 31744449614     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.28.901     Document Type: Article

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