Relationships between metrics of visit-to-visit variability of blood pressure

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 589-593

  Levitan, E B ^a   Kaciroti, N ^b   Oparil, S ^c   Julius, S ^d   Muntner, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Agreement; Blood pressure; Correlation; Risk factor; Statistics; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TETRAZOLES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884287382     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2013.19     Document Type: Article

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