Influence of childhood socioeconomic circumstances, height, and obesity on pulse pressure and systolic and diastolic blood pressure in older people

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-82

  Regidor, Enrique ^a   Banegas, J R ^b   Gutierrez Fisac J L ^b   Dominguez V ^a   Rodriguez Artalejo F ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Childhood socioeconomic circumstances; Epidemiology; Haemodynamics; Height; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PULSE PRESSURE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SHORT STATURE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 33644942851     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001925     Document Type: Article

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