Sex differences in pulse pressure trends with age are cross-cultural

Hypertension

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-47

  Skurnick, Joan H ^a   Aladjem, Mordechay ^c   Aviv, Abraham ^b  

^a University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Medical School   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aging; Blood pressure; Humans; Hypertension; Sex factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDLINE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBMED; SEX FACTORS; SYSTOLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73849135639     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.109.139477     Document Type: Article

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