Hypertension prevalence and prescribing trends in older us adults: 1999-2004

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 75-81

  Aslam, Farhan ^a   Haque, Attiya ^a   Agostini, Joseph V ^b   Wang, Yun ^c   Foody, JoAnne M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NEOPLASM; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STROKE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; SODIUM CHLORIDE SYMPORTER INHIBITORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75949095578     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2009.00223.x     Document Type: Article

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