The difference in blood pressure readings between arms and survival: Primary care cohort study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7851, 2012, Pages

  Clark, Christopher E ^a   Taylor, Rod S ^a   Shore, Angela C ^a   Campbell, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED KINGDOM; AGED; ARM; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; TIME;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ARM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84859525987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e1327     Document Type: Article

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