Hypertension and subclinical carotid atherosclerosis in a suburban general population in China

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1699-1706

  Lu, Min ^a   Wu, Liuxin ^b   Shi, Ping ^c   Kang, Sheng ^a   Shi, Lujiang ^b   Wu, Yangfeng ^a  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Institute of Aeromedical   (China)

^c Shijingshan District Center for Disease Control   (China)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Intima media thickness; Plaque; Population studies

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CHINA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 4344712272     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200409000-00013     Document Type: Article

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