The impact of the metabolic syndrome - But not of hypertension - On all-cause mortality disappears in the elderly

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 663-668

  Thomas, Frédérique ^a   Pannier, Bruno ^a   Benetos, Athanase ^a,b   Vischer, Ulrich M ^c,d  

^a IPC Center   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d Hopital de Geriatrie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

aging; hypertension; metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPID ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 79952774960     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32834320dc     Document Type: Article

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