Education as an important risk factor for the prevalence of hypertension and elevated blood pressure in Chinese men and women

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 898-900

  Wang, Y ^a   Chen, J ^b   Wang, K ^b   Edwards, Christopher L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33750283902     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1002086     Document Type: Article

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