Premenopausal women have increased risk of hypertensive target organ damage compared with men of similar age

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1175-1181

  Palatini, Paolo ^a   Mos, Lucio ^b   Santonastaso, Massimo ^b   Saladini, Francesca ^a   Benetti, Elisabetta ^a   Mormino, Paolo ^a   Bortolazzi, Alessandra ^b   Cozzio, Susanna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Town Hospital   (Italy)

^c Town Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TARGET ORGAN;

ADULT; ALBUMINURIA; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; ORGANS AT RISK; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 80051707824     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2011.2771     Document Type: Article

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