Sex-specific differences in cardiovascular risk factors and blood pressure control in hypertensive patients

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 309-312

  Tziomalos, Konstantinos ^a   Giampatzis, Vasilios ^a   Baltatzi, Maria ^a   Efthymiou, Elias ^a   Psianou, Konstantia ^a   Papastergiou, Natalia ^a   Magkou, Dimitra ^a   Bougatsa, Vagia ^a   Savopoulos, Christos ^a   Hatzitolios, Apostolos I ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; AGED; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PREVALENCE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84898837108     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jch.12289     Document Type: Article

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