Antihypertensive adherence and drug class among Asian Pacific Americans

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 265-281

  Taira, Deborah A ^a   Gelber, Rebecca P ^b   Davis, James ^b   Gronley, Krista ^b   Chung, Richard S ^b   Seto, Todd B ^b  

^a Hawaii Medical Service Association   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hypertension; Patients compliance

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPLIANCE; DRUG; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FILIPINO; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ASIAN AMERICANS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HAWAII; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INSURANCE, PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34147148544     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850701234955     Document Type: Article

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