Blood pressure, diabetes, and increased dietary salt associated with stroke - Results from a community-based study in Pakistan [1]

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-85

  Jafar, Tazeen H ^a,b,c  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SALT INTAKE; STROKE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 33644951045     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001929     Document Type: Letter

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