Prevalence of hypertension in the US adult population: Results from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1991

Hypertension

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 305-313

  Burt, Vicki L ^a   Whelton, Paul ^b   Roccella, Edward J ^c,e   Brown, Clarice ^c   Cutler, Jeffrey A ^c   Higgins, Millicent ^c   Horan, Michael J ^c   Labarthe, Darwin ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Bldg 31 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

blood pressure; cross sectional studies; hypertension, essential; NHANES; prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0028942436     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.25.3.305     Document Type: Article

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