Low Blood Pressure and Depressive Symptoms among Chinese Older Subjects: A Population-based Study

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 342-349

  Ng, Tze Pin ^a,b   Feng, Liang ^a,b   Niti, Mathew ^c   Yap, Keng Bee ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^d ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Depression; Depressive symptoms; Hypotension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; DEPRESSION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77950171214     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.09.026     Document Type: Article

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