Blood Pressure Parameters and Risk of Fatal Stroke, NHANES II Mortality Study

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 338-341

  Brown, David W ^a   Giles, Wayne H ^a   Greenlund, Kurt J ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

diastolic blood pressure; stroke; Systolic blood pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; DIASTOLE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SYSTOLE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847096347     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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