Ethnic, geographic and dietary influences upon vasoactive hormones and blood pressure among Greenland Inuit and Danes

Blood Pressure

Volumn 12, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 298-306

  Jørgensen, Marit E ^a,b   Pedersen, Michael B ^a   Siggaard, Charlotte ^c   Sørensen, Tina B ^c   Mulvad, Gert ^d   Hansen, Jens C ^c   Skjoldborg, Henning ^c   Pedersen, Erling B ^c,e  

^a Department of Medicine   (Denmark)

^b STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d Centre of Primary Health Care   (Denmark)

^e HOLSTEBRO HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

24 h ambulatory blood pressure; 24 h urinary excretion; Greenland; Natriuretic peptide; Renin angiotensin system; Unuit

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; POTASSIUM; RENIN; SODIUM; VASOPRESSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; ESKIMO; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GREENLAND; HIGH POTASSIUM INTAKE; HIGH SODIUM INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TIME; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN II; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GREENLAND; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INUITS; MALE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDES; POTASSIUM; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; SODIUM; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 1642546484     PISSN: 08037051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08037050310016646     Document Type: Article

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