Differences in cardiovascular disease risk factors between Japanese in Japan and Japanese-Americans in Hawaii: The INTERLIPID study

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 631-639

  Ueshima, H ^a   Okayama, A ^b   Saitoh, S ^c   Nakagawa, H ^d   Rodriguez, B ^e   Sakata, K ^f   Okuda, N ^a   Choudhury, S R ^g   Curb, J D ^e  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Coronary heart disease; Diet; Japanese; Japanese Americans; Population study; Serum lipids; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; CHOLESTEROL; FAT; FIBRINOGEN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; IRON; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MAGNESIUM; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PHOSPHORUS; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POTASSIUM; RETINOL; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SELENIUM; SODIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMIGRANT; INDUSTRIALIZATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID DIET; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POTASSIUM URINE LEVEL; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING HABIT; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; STANDARD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ASIAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY DISEASE; DIASTOLE; DIETARY FATS; ELECTROLYTES; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HAWAII; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0142094535     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001606     Document Type: Article

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