Epidemiological study of hypertension and its determinants in an urban population of North India

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 679-685

  Singh, R B ^a,c   Beegom, R ^b   Ghosh, S ^a   Niaz, M A ^a   Rastogi, V ^a   Rastogi, S S ^a   Singh, N K ^a   Nangia, S ^a  

^a Medical Hospital and Research Centre Moradabad   (India)

^b Department of Environmental Technology Management   (India)

^c MHRC   (India)

Author keywords

Age specific blood pressure; Body mass index; Central obesity; Dietary fat; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0030732672     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1000511     Document Type: Article

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