Association between annual visit-to-visit blood pressure variability and stroke in postmenopausal women: Data from the Women's health initiative

Hypertension

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 625-630

  Shimbo, Daichi ^a   Newman, Jonathan D ^a   Aragaki, Aaron K ^b   Lamonte, Michael J ^c   Bavry, Anthony A ^d   Allison, Matthew ^e   Manson, Joann E ^f   Wassertheil Smoller, Sylvia ^g  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

blood pressure; hypertension; postmenopause; stroke; women

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREND STUDY; VISIT TO VISIT VARIABILITY OF BLOOD PRESSURE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; SYSTOLE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84865504561     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.112.193094     Document Type: Article

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