Outdoor temperature, blood pressure, and cardiovascular disease mortality among 23 000 individuals with diagnosed cardiovascular diseases from China

European Heart Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 1178-1185a

  Yang, Ling ^a   Li, Liming ^b,c   Lewington, Sarah ^a   Guo, Yu ^b,c   Sherliker, Paul ^a   Bian, Zheng ^b,c   Collins, Rory ^a   Peto, Richard ^a   Liu, Yun ^d   Yang, Rong ^e   Zhang, Yongrui ^f   Li, Guangchun ^g   Liu, Shumei ^h   Chen, Zhengming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^d Liuzhou CDC   (China)

^e Pengzhou CDC   (China)

^f Gansu CDC   (China)

^g Hunan Provincial CDC   (China)

^h Department of Urological Surgery   (China)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiovascular disease; China; Cohort study; Hypertension; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CHINA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEATING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE; WINTER; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COLD; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; COLD TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEASONS;

EID: 84929906479     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv023     Document Type: Article

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