Relationship Between Blood Pressure and Outdoor Temperature in a Large Sample of Elderly Individuals | Zendy

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Relationship Between Blood Pressure and Outdoor Temperature in a Large Sample of Elderly Individuals

Author(s) -

Annick Alpérovitch,

JeanMarc Lacombe,

Olivier Ha,

JeanFrançois Dartigues,

Karen Ritchie,

Pierre Ducimetière,

Christophe Tzourio

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

archives of internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3679

pISSN - 0003-9926

DOI - 10.1001/archinternmed.2008.512

Subject(s) - blood pressure , medicine , population , longitudinal study , cardiology , diastole , environmental health , pathology

Seasonal variations of blood pressure-related diseases have been described in several populations. However, few studies have examined the seasonal variations of blood pressure in the elderly, a segment of the population particularly exposed to vascular diseases. The association of blood pressure with season and outdoor temperature was examined in 8801 subjects 65 years or older from the Three-City study, a population-based longitudinal study.

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