The detection, treatment and control of high blood pressure in older British adults: Cross-sectional findings from the British women's heart and health study and the British regional heart study

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 733-741

  Patel, R ^a   Lawlor, D A ^a   Whincup, P ^b   Montaner, D ^a   Papacosta, O ^c   Brindle, P ^a   Ebrahim, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETIC AGENT; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE REGISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33748929147     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1002064     Document Type: Article

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