Risk of hypertension among women in the EPIC-Potsdam study: Comparison of relative risk estimates for exploratory and hypothesis-oriented dietary patterns

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 365-373

  Schulze, Matthias B ^a   Hoffmann, Kurt ^a   Kroke, Anja ^b   Boeing, Heiner ^a  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHILD NUTRITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diet; Factor analysis, statistical; Food habits; Hypertension; Pattern recognition; Proportional hazards models

Indexed keywords

WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; GERMANY; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

ADULT; DIET; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 0041783657     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg156     Document Type: Article

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