The role of a baseline casual blood pressure measurement and of blood pressure changes in middle age in prediction of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality occurring late in life: A cross-cultural comparison among the European cohorts of the Seven Countries Study

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1683-1690

  Menotti, Alessandro ^a   Lanti, Mariapaola ^a   Kafatos, Antony ^b   Nissinen, Aulikki ^c   Dontas, Anastasios ^d   Nedeljkovic, Srecko ^e   Kromhout, Daan ^f  

^a Association for Cardiac Research   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d Athens Home for the Aged ^*  (Serbia)

^e CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Blood pressure changes; Cardiovascular diseases; Long term follow up; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EUROPE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 4344626333     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200409000-00011     Document Type: Article

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