Blood pressure and pulse pressure development in a population sample of women with special reference to basal body mass and distribution of body fat and their changes during 24 years

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 128-133

  Kristjansson, K ^a,c   Sigurdsson, J A ^a   Lissner, L ^b   Sundh, V ^b   Bengtsson, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c Solvangur Health Centre   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Antihypertensive treatment; Blood pressure; Hypertension; Population study; Pulse pressure; Women

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037257844     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802190     Document Type: Article

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