Exercise capacity and all-cause mortality in prehypertensive men

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 735-741

  Kokkinos, Peter ^a,b   Myers, Jonathan ^c,d   Doumas, Michael ^a,e   Faselis, Charles ^a,e   Manolis, Athanasios ^a,f   Pittaras, Andreas ^a   Kokkinos, John P ^a   Singh, Steven ^a,g   Fletcher, Ross D ^a,g  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^f Asklepeion General Hospitals   (Greece)

^g GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67649363899     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2009.74     Document Type: Article

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