Physical activity, change in blood pressure and predictors of mortality in older South Africans - A 2-year follow-up study

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1124-1130

  Charlton, Karen E ^a   Lambert, Estelle V ^a   Kreft, Judith ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; LIPID; SERUM ALBUMIN;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0030700893     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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