Blood pressure control among US veterans: A large multiyear analysis of blood pressure data from the veterans administration health data repository

Circulation

Volumn 125, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 2462-2468

  Fletcher, Ross D ^a,b   Amdur, Richard L ^a,b,d   Kolodner, Robert ^c   McManus, Chris ^a   Jones, Ronald ^a   Faselis, Charles ^a,d   Kokkinos, Peter ^a,b   Singh, Steven ^a,b   Papademetriou, Vasilios ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Ethnicity; Hypertension; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; VETERANS HEALTH;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEASONS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84861337238     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.029983     Document Type: Article

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