Validating the framingham hypertension risk score: Results from the whitehall II study

Hypertension

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 496-501

  Kivimäki, Mika ^a   Batty, G David ^c   Singh Manoux, Archana ^a,b   Ferrie, Jane E ^a   Tabak, Adam G ^a,d   Jokela, Markus ^e   Marmot, Michael G ^a   Smith, George Davey ^f   Shipley, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Prevention; Primary prevention; Public health; Risk assessment; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ADULT; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETICS; GOVERNMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SMOKING; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 70349245015     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.109.132373     Document Type: Article

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