Prevalence and risk factors of hypertension and age-specific blood pressures in five cities: A study of Indian women

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 165-173

  Singh, Ram B ^a   Beegom, Raheena ^b   Mehta, Amita S ^c   Niaz, Mohammad A ^a   De, Amit K ^d   Haque, Memuna ^e   Bhattacharyya, Prashant R ^d   Dube, Gopal K ^f   Pandit, Ram B ^g   Thakur, Amar Singh ^h   Wander, Guspreet S ⁱ   Janus, Edward D ^j   Postiglione, A ^k   Moshiri, Mahmood ^l  

^a Medical Hospital and Research Centre Moradabad   (India)

^b Government College for Women   (India)

^c Nutrition and Dietetics   (India)

^d College for Science ^*  (India)

^e B V B's R A Ahmedabd   (India)

^f NKP SALVE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^g Railway Hospital   (India)

^h GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

ⁱ DAYANAND MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^j QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^k Inst of Int Med and Metabolism   (Italy)

^l IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

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Author keywords

Blood pressure; Body mass index; Overweight; Sedentary; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SALT INTAKE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0032583817     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(97)00296-9     Document Type: Article

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