Association of serum albumin concentration, serum ionized calcium concentration, and blood pressure in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 739-746

  Vargas, Clemencia M ^a,c   Obisesan, Thomas ^b   Gillum, Richard F ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Blood pressure; Ionized calcium; Mexican Americans; NHANES III; Serum albumin

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANALYZER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODE; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; SMOKING; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERUM ALBUMIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032170194     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(98)00047-X     Document Type: Article

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