Urinary electrolyte excretion in 24 hours and blood pressure in the intersalt study: II. Estimates of electrolyte-blood pressure associations corrected for regression dilution bias

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 139, Issue 9, 1994, Pages 940-951

  Dyer, Alan R ^a   Elliott, Paul ^b   Shipley, Martin ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Potassium; Regression analysis; Reliability; Reproducibility of results; Sodium

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POTASSIUM EXCRETION; PULSE RATE; RELIABILITY; SODIUM EXCRETION; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POTASSIUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SODIUM; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028270268     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a117100     Document Type: Article

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