Body size and blood pressure: An analysis of Africans and the African diaspora

Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-46

  Cappuccio, Francesco P ^a   Kerry, Sally M ^b   Adeyemo, Adebowale ^c,d   Luke, Amy ^e   Amoah, Albert G B ^f   Bovet, Pascal ^g,h   Connor, Myles D ⁱ   Forrester, Terrence ^j   Gervasoni, Jean Pierre ^g,h,i,k   Kaki, Gisela Kimbally ^l   Plange Rhule, Jacob ^m   Thorogood, Margaret ^a   Cooper, Richard S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^d HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^h MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Seychelles)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^j UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^k Ministry of Regional Administration and Local Government   (Tanzania)

^l Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Brazzaville   (Congo)

^m KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX; SOUTH AFRICA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 37349037186     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e31815c4d2c     Document Type: Article

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