Twenty-year cardiovascular and all-cause mortality trends and changes in cardiovascular risk factors in Gubbio, Italy: The role of blood pressure changes

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 266-274

  Menotti, Alessandro ^a   Lanti, Mariapaola ^a   Angeletti, Mario ^b   Botta, Gianfranco ^c   Cirillo, Massimo ^d   Laurenzi, Martino ^e   Mancini, Mario ^f   Panarelli, Walter ^b   Scavizzi, Patrizia ^b   Terradura Vagnarelli, Oscar ^g   Zanchetti, Alberto ^h,i  

^a Association for Cardiac Research   (Italy)

^b Civic Hospital   (Italy)

^c Merck Research Laboratories   (Italy)

^d SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^e GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR TB DRUG DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^g Centre of Preventive Medicine   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

ⁱ ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Gubbio study; Mortality trends; Prevention

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63849233529     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32831cbb0b     Document Type: Article

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