An inverse relationship between serum vitamin C and blood pressure in a Japanese community

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 853-867

  Sakai, Norimitsu ^a   Yokoyama, Tetsuji ^a   Date, Chigusa ^b   Yoshiike, Nobuo ^c   Matsumura, Yasuhiro ^c  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Confounders; Diastolic blood pressure; Linear regression model; Systolic blood pressure; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; POTASSIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032469873     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.44.853     Document Type: Article

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