Hypertension in Young Adults - An Under-Estimated Problem

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 448-452

  Gan, S K E ^a   Loh, C Y ^a   Seet, B ^b  

^a Ministry of Defence Government of Singapore   (Singapore)

^b Singapore Army   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ambulatory monitoring; Blood pressure; Hypertension; Screening; White coat hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TIME; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0344616892     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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