Usual sleep duration is not associated with hypertension in Brazilian elderly: The Bambui Health Aging Study (BHAS)

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 806-807

  Lima Costa, Maria Fernanda ^a   Peixoto, Sergio Viana ^a   Rocha, Fabio Lopes ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Institute of Social Security of the Civil Servants of Minas Gerais   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

AGING; ANGINA PECTORIS; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; LETTER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SKIN COLOR; SLEEP TIME; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 51549114619     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2007.09.005     Document Type: Letter

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