Regional variations of blood pressure in the United States are associated with regional variations in dietary intakes: The NHANES-III data

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 211-214

  Hajjar, Ihab ^a   Kotchen, Theodore ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Diet; Geographic comparisons; NHANES III; South

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; CHOLESTEROL; COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FATTY ACID; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; NICOTINIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SODIUM; THIAMINE; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037224647     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.1.211     Document Type: Article

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