Five-year incidence of hypertension and its determinants: The ATTICA study

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 686-688

  Panagiotakos, D B ^a   Pitsavos, C ^b   Lentzas, Y ^b   Chrysohoou, C ^b   Stefanadis, C ^b  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34547430543     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1002213     Document Type: Article

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