Serum antioxidant vitamins and blood pressure in the United States population

Hypertension

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 810-816

  Chen, Jing ^a   He, Jiang ^a,b   Hamm, Lee ^a   Batuman, Vecihi ^a   Whelton, Paul K ^a,b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Blood pressure; Epidemiology; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; RETINOL; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTENOIDS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; ODDS RATIO; SYSTOLE; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN E; VITAMINS;

EID: 0036900536     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000039962.68332.59     Document Type: Article

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