Characteristics of young-onset hypertension identified by targeted screening performed at a university health check-up

Hypertension Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 261-267

  Ejima, Yutaka ^a   Hasegawa, Yoko ^b   Sanada, Satoru ^a   Miyama, Noriyuki ^a   Hatano, Ryo ^a   Arata, Tomohiro ^a   Suzuki, Michiko ^a   Kazama, Itsuro ^a   Sato, Akira ^a   Satomi, Susumu ^a   Hida, Wataru ^b   Matsubara, Mitsunobu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genetic background; Home blood pressure; Male gender; Overweight; White coat hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BODY MASS INDEX; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS;

EID: 33744961025     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.29.261     Document Type: Article

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