Rural-urban differences in factors associated with poor blood pressure control among outpatients

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1221-1223

  King, Dana E ^a   Crisp, Jeremy R ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Blood pressure; Control; Hypertension; Men's health; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

AMBULATORY CARE; COMORBIDITY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33845302603     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000223736.99072.22     Document Type: Review

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