A U-shaped relationship between systolic blood pressure and panic symptoms: The HUNT study

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1969-1976

  Davies, S J C ^a   Bjerkeset, O ^b,c   Nutt, D J ^d   Lewis, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Levanger Hospital   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; epidemiology; hypertension; panic; population

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PANIC; RISK;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; PANIC; PANIC DISORDER;

EID: 84864568156     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291711003047     Document Type: Article

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