Left ventricular hypertrophy and skin color among American blacks

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 129-136

  Coresh, Josef ^a   Klag, Michael J ^a   Whelton, Paul K ^a   Kuller, Lewis H ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Cardiomyopathy; Genetics; Hypertension; Hypertrophic; Negroid race; Skin pigmentation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN COLOR;

ADULT; CARDIOMEGALY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEGROID RACE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0025835377     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116065     Document Type: Article

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