Group- and sex-specific effects of age, body composition and pulse rate on blood pressure variability in some cross-cultural populations of visakhapatnam District; South India

European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 337-347

  Kusuma, Yadlapalli S ^a   Babu, Bontha V ^b   Naidu, Jammigumpula M ^a  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR   (India)

Author keywords

acculturization; modernization; Andhra Pradesh; blood pressure; castes; hypertension; India; risk factors; tribes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBAN AREA;

AGE FACTORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PULSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0035698045     PISSN: 17418267     EISSN: 17418275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/174182670100800602     Document Type: Article

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