Marital differences in blood pressure and the risk of hypertension among Polish men

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 421-427

  Lipowicz, Anna ^a   Lopuszanska, Monika ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANTHROPOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Body mass index; Hypertension; Marital status; Men

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIETARY INTAKE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POTASSIUM INTAKE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SODIUM INTAKE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; DIASTOLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SYSTOLE;

EID: 21244454514     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-005-1752-x     Document Type: Article

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