Multiple Risk Factor Clustering and Risk of Hypertension in Japanese Male Office Workers

Industrial Health

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 327-331

  Nakanishi, Noriyuki ^a   Li, Wenjuan ^a   Fukuda, Hideki ^a   Takatorige, Toshio ^a   Suzuki, Kenji ^b   Tatara, Kozo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Japan Labor and Welfare Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiovascular risk factor; Cluster; Hypertension; Japanese men

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; HYPERURICEMIA; JAPAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; OBESITY; OFFICE WORKER; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0142147120     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.41.327     Document Type: Article

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