Weak effect of hypertension and other classic risk factors in the elderly who have already paid their toll

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 21-31

  Casiglia, Edoardo ^a   Mazza, A ^a   Tikhonoff, V ^a   Pavei, A ^a   Privato, G ^a   Schenal, N ^a   Pessina, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; CASTEL; Elderly; Epidemiology; J curve; Very old

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE TABLES; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGED; AGING; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; MASS SCREENING; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEINURIA; PULSE PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STROKE; SURVIVAL; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 85047695753     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001288     Document Type: Article

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