Exaggerated blood pressure responses during mental stress are prospectively related to enhanced carotid atherosclerosis in middle-aged Finnish men

Circulation

Volumn 110, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 2198-2203

  Jennings, J Richard ^a,f   Kamarck, Thomas W ^a   Everson Rose, Susan A ^b   Kaplan, George A ^c   Manuck, Stephen B ^a   Salonen, J T ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^e Oy Jurilab Ltd   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular diseases; Carotid arteries; Risk factors; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FINLAND; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 5644242971     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000143840.77061.E9     Document Type: Article

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