Lack of association between body-mass index and white-coat hypertension among referred patients

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 95-99

  Ben Dov, Iddo Z ^a   Mekler, Judith ^a   Ben Arie, Liora ^a   Bursztyn, Michael ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Body mass index; Masked hypertension; Obesity; White coat hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PHYSICIANS' OFFICES; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33947112432     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBP.0b013e32809efa15     Document Type: Article

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