Is pulse pressure an independent risk factor for incident acute coronary heart disease events? the REGARDS study

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 555-563

  Glasser, Stephen P ^a   Halberg, Daniel L ^b   Sands, Charlie ^b   Gamboa, Christopher M ^a   Muntner, Paul ^c   Safford, Monika ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b SAMFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; CVD death; Fatal and non fatal myocardial infarction (MI); Hypertension; Incident CHD; Pulse pressure

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; BLACK PERSON; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAUCASIAN; CORONARY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSE RATE; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSE; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897869541     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpt168     Document Type: Article

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