Is Insulin or Its Precursor Independently Associated With Hypertension?: An Epidemiological Study in Japanese-Brazilians

Hypertension

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 641-645

  Ferreira, Sandra R G ^a   Franco, Laercio J ^a   Gimeno, Suely G A ^a   Iochida, Lucia C ^a   Iunes, Magid ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; PROINSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROINSULIN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030801445     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.30.3.641     Document Type: Article

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