Increased variance in blood pressure distribution and changing hypertension prevalence in an urban Indian population

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 535-540

  Gupta, R ^a   Sharma, A K ^a   Gupta, V P ^b   Bhatnagar, S ^b   Rastogi, S ^b   Deedwania, P C ^c  

^a Monilek Hospital and Research Centre   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; Epidemiology; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SYSTOLE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0041589788     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001588     Document Type: Article

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