Seasonal variation in haemodynamics and blood pressure-regulating hormones
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Seasonal variation in arterial blood pressure.
Blood pressure measurements recorded during the medical Research Council's treatment trial for mild hypertension have been analysed according to the calendar month in which the readings were made. For each age, sex, and treatment group systolic and diastolic pressures were higher in winter than in summer. The seasonal variation in blood pressure was greater in older than in younger subjects and...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Human Hypertension
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0950-9240,1476-5527
DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2009.75