Impact of diastolic and systolic blood pressure on mortality: Implications for the definition of "normal"

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 685-690

  Taylor, Brent C ^a,b,c   Wilt, Timothy J ^a,b   Welch, H Gilbert ^d,e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Guidelines; Hypertension; Mortality.

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NOMENCLATURE; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SYSTOLE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051545671     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1660-6     Document Type: Article

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