Are Blood Pressure Predictors of Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Different for Prehypertensives Than for Hypertensives?

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 454-461

  Greenberg, James ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

blood pressure; cardiovascular disease; coronary heart disease; mortality predictors; Prehypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33646085511     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2005.10.023     Document Type: Article

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