Blood pressure status and post-exercise hypotension: An example of a spurious correlation in hypertension research

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 585-592

  Taylor, C E ^a   Jones, H ^a   Zaregarizi, M ^a   Cable, N T ^a   George, K P ^a   Atkinson, G ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hypertensive status; physical activity; post exercise hypotension; regression to the mean

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; POSTEXERCISE HYPOTENSION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; POST-EXERCISE HYPOTENSION; THERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION;

EID: 77955925305     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2009.112     Document Type: Article

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