Risk of cardiovascular events among women with high normal blood pressure or blood pressure progression: Prospective cohort study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 335, Issue 7617, 2007, Pages 432-436

  Conen, David ^a   Ridker, Paul M ^a   Buring, Julie E ^a   Glynn, Robert J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34548495097     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39269.672188.AE     Document Type: Article

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