Racial differences in the impact of elevated systolic blood pressure on stroke risk

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 46-51

  Howard, George ^a   Lackland, Daniel T ^d   Kleindorfer, Dawn O ^e   Kissela, Brett M ^e   Moy, Claudia S ^f   Judd, Suzanne E ^a   Safford, Monika M ^c   Cushman, Mary ^g   Glasser, Stephen P ^c   Howard, Virginia J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PREHYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873614749     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/2013.jamainternmed.857     Document Type: Conference Paper

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