Interview to study the determinants of hypertension in older adults in Taiwan: A population based cross-sectional survey

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 338-345

  Tsai, Alan Chung Hong ^a,b   Liou, Jenn Chang ^b   Chang, Ming Cheng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Elderly; Foods; Hypertension; Interview surveys; Legumes; Medical records; Self reporting; Taiwan; Validation

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEWS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 34248525232     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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