Sex differences in salt-sensitivity risk approximated from ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and mortality

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 900-905

  Bursztyn, Michael ^a   Ben Dov, Iddo Z ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

all cause mortality; ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; hypertension; salt sensitivity

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SALT SENSITIVITY RISK; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84876295580     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32835f29f4     Document Type: Article

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