Impact of gender on 24-h ambulatory blood pressure and target organ damage

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 658-665

  Kotsis, V ^a,b   Stabouli, S ^a   Pitiriga, V ^a   Papamichael, C ^a   Toumanidis, S ^a   Zakopoulos, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET RESTRICTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33747686084     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1002047     Document Type: Article

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