Decreasing population blood pressure is not mediated by changes in habitual physical activity. Results from 15 years of follow-up

Blood Pressure

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-35

  Andersen, Ulla Overgaard ^a   Jensen, Gorm ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Physical activity; Population BP; Risk; Trends

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HABIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART RATE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SITTING; SMOKING HABIT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREND STUDY; WORK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; DENMARK; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34247609286     PISSN: 08037051     EISSN: 16511999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08037050701190022     Document Type: Article

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