Age dependency of central and peripheral systolic blood pressures: Cross-sectional and longitudinal observations in European populations

Blood Pressure

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 58-68

  Wojciechowska, Wiktoria ^a   Stolarz Skrzypek, Katarzyna ^a   Tikhonoff, Valérie ^b   Richart, Tom ^c,d   Seidlerov, Jitka ^e   Cwynar, Marcin ^a   Thijs, Lutgarde ^c   Li, Yan ^f   Kuznetsova, Tatiana ^c   Filipovsk, Jan ^e   Casiglia, Edoardo ^b   Grodzicki, Tomasz ^a   Kawecka Jaszcz, Kalina ^a   O'Rourke, Michael ^g   Staessen, Jan A ^c,d  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^f Center for Vascular Evaluation   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cardiovascular disease; Central blood pressure; Epidemiology; Peripheral blood pressure; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSCILLOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RANDOMIZATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PULSATILE FLOW; SEX FACTORS; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS; SYSTOLE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 84863050947     PISSN: 08037051     EISSN: 16511999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08037051.2011.593332     Document Type: Article

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