Blood pressure trends, plasma insulin levels and risk factors in rural and urban elderly populations of north India

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 463-468

  Singh, Ram B ^a,c   Rastogi, Shanti S ^a   Rastogi, Vipul ^a   Niaz, Mohammad A ^a   Madhu, Shri V ^a   Chen, Min ^b   Shoumin, Zhu ^b  

^a Medical Hospital and Research Centre Moradabad   (India)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c MHRC   (India)

Author keywords

Central obesity; Glucose intolerance; Physical activity; Plasma insulin

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0030817729     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-199707000-00009     Document Type: Article

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