Increased blood pressure variability in menopause

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-95

  Migneco, A ^a   Ojetti, Veronica ^a   Covino, M ^a   Mettimano, M ^a   Montebelli, M R ^a   Leone, A ^a   Specchia, L ^a   Gasbarrini, A ^a   Savi, L ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood pressure variability; Hypertension; Menopause; Woman

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; BODY MASS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 45449096943     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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