Are personality traits associated with white-coat and masked hypertension?

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1987-1992

  Terracciano, Antonio ^a,b   Scuteri, Angelo ^c   Strait, James ^b   Sutin, Angelina R ^a,b   Meirelles, Osorio ^b   Marongiu, Michele ^d   Orru, Marco ^e   Grazia Pilia, Maria ^d   Ferrucci, Luigi ^b   Cucca, Francesco ^d   Schlessinger, David ^b   Lakatta, Edward ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e Ospedale Oncologico A Businco   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure; Antagonism; Antihypertensive medications; Anxiety; Conscientiousness; Masked hypertension; Monitoring; Personality; White coat hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; EDUCATION; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASKED HYPERTENSION; NEUROSIS; OBESITY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; SMOKING; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASKED HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION;

EID: 84925651224     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000289     Document Type: Article

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