Journal article
Early Socioeconomic Status is Associated With Adult Nighttime Blood Pressure Dipping
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To examine the prognostic significance of early socioeconomic status (SES) on 24-hour blood pressure (BP) during early adulthood. Low SES has been related to poor health outcomes, in particular, cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Recent cross-sectional research has also linked low levels of SES with several cardiovascular risk factors including poor nighttime BP dipping.
METHODS: A total of 174 undergraduate university students …
Authors
Campbell TS; Key BL; Ireland AD; Bacon SL; Ditto B
Journal
Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine, Vol. 70, No. 3, pp. 276–281
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
April 2008
DOI
10.1097/psy.0b013e3181647e30
ISSN
2998-8748