Gender differences in age-related increase of asleep blood pressure

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 319-322

  Perez Lloret, Santiago ^a,c   Toblli, Jorge E ^a,b   Cardinali, Daniel P ^c   Milei, José ^a  

^a Prof Dr Alberto C Taquini   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL ALEMÁN   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

24 h rhythm; Aging; Blood pressure; Cardiovascular risk; Nocturnal elevation of blood pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASLEEP BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCTURNAL ELEVATION OF BLOOD PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARGENTINA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SLEEP;

EID: 77649184207     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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