Blood pressure and waist circumference: An empirical study of the effects of waist circumference on blood pressure among Bengalee male jute mill workers of Belur, West Bengal, India

Journal of Physiological Anthropology and Applied Human Science

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 169-173

  Bose, Kaushik ^a   Ghosh, Arnab ^b   Roy, Sabyasachi ^b   Gangopadhyay, Somnath ^b  

^a VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Bengalee men; Blood pressure; Central obesity; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 0142026254     PISSN: 13453475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa.22.169     Document Type: Article

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