Socioeconomic status, blood pressure progression, and incident hypertension in a prospective cohort of female health professionals

European Heart Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1378-1384

  Conen, David ^a,b   Glynn, Robert J ^a   Ridker, Paul M ^a   Buring, Julie E ^a   Albert, Michelle A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Education; Hypertension; Income; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651096053     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp072     Document Type: Article

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