Season and outdoor temperature in relation to detection and control of hypertension in a large rural Chinese population
Author(s) -
Danting Su,
Huaidong Du,
Xinwei Zhang,
Yijian Qian,
Lingli Chen,
Yaping Chen,
Yu Guo,
Zheng Bian,
Zhengming Chen,
Liming Li,
Min Yu
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyu158
Subject(s) - blood pressure , medicine , logistic regression , population , demography , diastole , cardiology , environmental health , sociology
In many Western populations, blood pressure varies moderately with season and outdoor temperature. Relatively little is known about effects of seasonal changes in blood pressure on the detection and control of hypertension in general populations, especially in low- and middle-income countries.
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