Relationship between blood pressure and body mass index in lean populations

Hypertension

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1511-1516

  Kaufman, Jay S ^a,e   Asuzu, Michael C ^b   Mufunda, Jacob ^c   Forrester, Terrence ^d   Wilks, Rainford ^d   Luke, Amy ^a   Long, Andrew E ^a   Cooper, Richard S ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^e CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Blood pressure; Body mass index; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030693235     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.30.6.1511     Document Type: Article

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