Association of body mass index with blood pressure in elderly Japanese American men: The Honolulu Heart Program

Hypertension

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 673-677

  Masaki, Kamal H ^a,b,c   Curb, J David ^a,b   Chiu, Darryl ^a   Petrovitch, Helen ^a,b   Rodriguez, Beatriz L ^a,b  

^a KUAKINI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Honolulu Heart Program   (United States)

Author keywords

aged; Asian Americans; association; blood pressure; body mass index; male

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031034943     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.29.2.673     Document Type: Article

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