The relation of blood pressure to coronary heart mortality in different age groups varies by ethnicity

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-183

  Paultre, Furcy ^a   Mosca, Lori ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Coronary heart disease; Ethnicity; Mortality; Predictors

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644799611     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2005.07.020     Document Type: Article

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