Associations between birth weight and antihypertensive medication in black and white medicaid recipients

Hypertension

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 179-183

  Lackland, Daniel T ^a   Egan, Brent M ^b   Syddall, Holly E ^c   Barker, David J P ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors; Antihypertensive agents; Calcium channels; Epidemiology; Hypertension, essential; Treatment response

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAUCASIAN; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAID; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; DIURETICS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 0036150712     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hy0102.100545     Document Type: Article

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