Seasonal variation in blood pressure and its relationship with outdoor temperature in 10 diverse regions of China: The China Kadoorie Biobank

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1383-1391

  Lewington, Sarah ^a   Li, Liming ^b,c,d   Sherliker, Paul ^a   Guo, Yu ^c,d   Millwood, Iona ^a   Bian, Zheng ^c,d   Whitlock, Gary ^a   Yang, Ling ^a   Collins, Rory ^a   Chen, Junshi ^c   Wu, Xianping ^e   Wang, Shaojie ^f   Hu, Yihe ^g   Jiang, Li ^h   Yang, Liqiu ⁱ   Lacey, Ben ^a   Peto, Richard ^a   Chen, Zhengming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^e Sichuan Center for Disease Control   (China)

^f Qingdao Center of Disease Control   (China)

^g Suzhou Center for Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

^h Huixian Center for Disease Control   (China)

ⁱ Nangang Center for Disease Control   (China)

Author keywords

blood pressure determination; China; crosssectional studies; epidemiology; lifestyle; prospective studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHINA; CHINESE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEATING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

EID: 84862752996     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32835465b5     Document Type: Article

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