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ArticleJournal of human hypertension2003

Repeated measures of blood pressure and correlations between systolic pressure, pulse pressure and LV mass: a circular debate?

R J MacFadyen, K W Lee

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Article in Journal of human hypertension, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

R J MacFadyenUniversity Department of Medicine, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK. robert.mcfayden@swbh.nhs.uk
K W Lee

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This month's edition of the Journal contains an interesting contribution from Mule and colleagues from Palermo. The structure of the piece is very simple relating ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) measures for systolic, diastolic and pulse pressure to LV mass in hypertensive patients. The technique employed is linear correlation analysis. Pulse pressure is an area of interest of many of the readers, contributors and editorial board of the Journal. This is not a new area nor is this a new approach. The strategy of deriving biological inference from such data relevant to the individual by correlation analysis from a population sample deserves a closer and broader comment.

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Blood PressureCircadian RhythmHeart VentriclesHumansHypertensionPulsatile FlowStatistics as TopicSystole

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PMID12692565

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