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Factors that affect blood pressure variability. A community-based study in Ohasama, Japan.
American journal of hypertension - 1 Nov 1997
Imai Y, Aihara A, Ohkubo T, Nagai K, Tsuji I, Minami N, Satoh H, Hisamichi S
Abstract excerpt
Factors that affect blood pressure (BP) variability, ie, standard deviation (SD) and variation coefficient (VC: SD/average ambulatory BP) of ambulatory BP, were examined in a community-based sample in northeastern Japan. Screening and ambulatory BPs were measured in 823 subjects > or = 20 years of age, and the effects of age and BP on the SD and the VC were examined. In bivariate regression analysis, the SD of...
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