High prevalence of hypertension among collegiate football athletes

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 716-723

  Karpinos, Ashley Rowatt ^a,b   Roumie, Christianne L ^a,b   Nian, Hui ^a   Diamond, Alex B ^a   Rothman, Russell L ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletes; Blood pressure; Epidemiology; Exercise; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASEBALL; BASKETBALL; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CAREER; COLLEGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG USE; FOOTBALL; GOLF; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREHYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCCER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TENNIS;

ATHLETES; BLOOD PRESSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; HYPERTENSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETES; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892412126     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.113.000463     Document Type: Article

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