Isolated nocturnal hypertension and arterial stiffness in a Chinese population

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 157-159

  Li, Li Hua ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Huang, Qi Fang ^a   Sheng, Chang Sheng ^a   Staessen, Jan A ^b   Wang, Ji Guang ^a,c  

^a SHANGHAI SECOND MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Studies Coordinating Centre   (Belgium)

^c Shanghai Institute of Hypertension   (China)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Arterial stiffness; Blood pressure; Pulse wave velocity; Systolic augmentation

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISOLATED NOCTURNAL HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CHINA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PULSATILE FLOW;

BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CHINA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PULSATILE FLOW;

EID: 48849110810     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBP.0b013e3282fd16bb     Document Type: Conference Paper

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