Systolic Blood Pressure Trends in US Adults between 1960 and 1980: Influence of Antihypertensive Drug Therapy

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 528-538

  Kumanyika, Shiriki K ^a,b   Landis, J Richard ^a,c   Matthews Cook, Yvonne L ^a   Almy, Susan L ^a,d   Shirk Boehmer, Susan J ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d Statistics Unlimited Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Antihypertensive agents; Blacks; Blood pressure; Body weight; Ethnic groups; Hypertension; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SYSTOLE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SYSTOLE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032530018     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009678     Document Type: Article

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