Body mass index is the main risk factor for arterial hypertension in young subjects without major comorbidity

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 223-230

  Lukas, Arno ^a,d   Kumbein, Friedrich ^a,d   Temml, Christian ^b,c   Mayer, Bernd ^a,d   Oberbauer, Rainer ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Department of Health Prevention ^*  (Austria)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

BMI; Explorative analytics; Healthy subjects; Hypertension; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037355162     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2362.2003.01139.x     Document Type: Article

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