Similar Blood Pressure Values Across Racial and Economic Groups: Baseline Data from a Group Randomized Clinical Trial

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 404-412

  Carter, Barry L ^a,b,c   Coffey, Christopher S ^a   Uribe, Liz ^a   James, Paul A ^b   Egan, Brent M ^d   Ardery, Gail ^a   Chrischilles, Elizabeth A ^a   Ecklund, Dixie ^a   Vander Weg, Mark ^b,c,e   Vaughn, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c Veterans Administration   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL PHARMACY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEGRO; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INSURANCE COVERAGE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878788085     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jch.12091     Document Type: Article

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