Factors associated with components of arterial pressure among older individuals (the multinational MEDIS study): The role of the mediterranean diet and alcohol consumption

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 645-651

  Tyrovolas, Stefanos ^a,b   Haro, Josep Maria ^a   Polychronopoulos, Evangelos ^b   Mariolis, Anargiros ^c   Piscopo, Suzanne ^d   Valacchi, Giuseppe ^e   Makri, Kornilia ^f   Zeimbekis, Akis ^g   Tyrovola, Dimitra ^b   Bountziouka, Vassiliki ^b   Gotsis, Efthimios ^b   Metallinos, George ^b   Katsoulis, Yannis ^b   Tur, Josep Antoni ^h   Matalas, Antonia ^b   Lionis, Christos ^f   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c General Hospital of Sparta   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^g General Hospital of Mytilini   (Greece)

^h UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COFFEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TEA; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGING; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN ISLANDS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 84907994960     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jch.12370     Document Type: Article

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