Prevalence and determinants of prehypertension among African Surinamese, Hindustani Surinamese, and White Dutch in Amsterdam, the Netherlands: The SUNSET study

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 775-781

  Agyemang, Charles ^a   Van Valkengoed, Irene ^a   Van Den Born, Bert Jan ^a   Stronks, Karien ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

African origin; ethnicity; prehypertension; South Asian; the Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURINAME; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 36649010017     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e32828621df     Document Type: Article

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