Influence of pre-hypertension on all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: The Singapore Cardiovascular Cohort Study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 331-337

  Lee, Jeannette ^a   Heng, Derrick ^b   Ma, Stefan ^b   Chew, Suok Kai ^b   Hughes, Kenneth ^a   Tai, E Shyong ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asian; Cardiovascular risk factors; Cohort; Mortality; Pre hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREHYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; SMOKING;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67449168314     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.03.067     Document Type: Article

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