Metabolic Syndrome and Incident Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality in a Mediterranean Hypertensive Population

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 558-564

  Andreadis, Emmanuel A ^a   Tsourous, George I ^a   Tzavara, Chara K ^a   Georgiopoulos, Dimitrios X ^a   Katsanou, Panagiota M ^a   Marakomichelakis, George E ^a   Diamantopoulos, Emmanuel J ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arterial hypertension; cardiovascular morbidity and mortality; metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK;

EID: 34247626807     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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