Neutrophil count and ambulatory pulse pressure as predictors of cardiovascular adverse events in postmenopausal women with hypertension

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 591-598

  Angeli, Fabio ^a   Angeli, Enrica ^b   Ambrosio, Giuseppe ^c   Mazzotta, Giovanni ^c   Cavallini, Claudio ^a   Reboldi, Gianpaolo ^c   Verdecchia, Paolo ^d  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Hospital San Giovanni Battista   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d Hospital of Assisi   (Italy)

Author keywords

arterial; blood pressure; epidemiology; hypertension; inflammation; menopause; prognosis; pulse pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSE PRESSURE;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 79954967839     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2011.18     Document Type: Article

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