Stress, menopausal status and nocturnal blood pressure dipping patterns among hypertensive women

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Routledge, Faye S ^a,b   McFetridge Durdle, Judith A ^a,b   Dean, C R ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Program for Cardiovascular Nurse Scientists   (Canada)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Blood pressure; Hypertension; Nondipping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; SLEEP TIME; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 67649968168     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(09)70089-3     Document Type: Article

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