Probability of stroke in Korean hypertensive patients visiting community-based hospitals: Using a risk profile from the Framingham study

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 252-258

  Park, C G ^a   Choi, C U ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 63349112667     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2008.128     Document Type: Article

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