Practice and patient characteristics related to blood pressure in patients with type 2 diabetes in primary care: A cross-sectional study

Family Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 547-554

  Bebb, Charlotte ^a   Coupland, Carol ^b   Stewart, Jane ^c   Kendrick, Denise ^b   Madeley, Richard ^d   Sturrock, Nigel ^a   Burden, Richard ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Hucknall Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Hypertension; Practice organization; Primary care; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING CESSATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 37749011508     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmm060     Document Type: Article

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