Association between light exposure at night and nighttime blood pressure in the elderly independent of nocturnal urinary melatonin excretion

Chronobiology International

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 779-786

  Obayashi, Kenji ^a   Saeki, Keigo ^a   Iwamoto, Junko ^b   Ikada, Yoshito ^a   Kurumatani, Norio ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TENRI HEALTH CARE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actigraphy; Circadian rhythm; Elderly; Light at night; Melatonin; Nighttime blood pressure

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ACTIMETRY; AGE; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ILLUMINATION; JAPAN; LIGHT; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK FACTOR; TIME; URINE;

ACTIGRAPHY; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; LIGHT; LIGHTING; MALE; MELATONIN; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84901847180     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2014.900501     Document Type: Article

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