Obesity and blood pressure in the elderly free-living population

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 645-647

  Gryglewska, B ^a,b   Grodzicki, T ^a   Kocemba, J ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b Dept of Gerontology and Fam Med ^*  (Poland)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Elderly; Epidemiology; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATHOGENESIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0031666429     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1000684     Document Type: Conference Paper

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