Anthropometric correlates of blood pressure in normotensive Pakistani subjects

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 259-262

  Khan, Asmatullah ^a   Haq, Faheem U ^a   Pervez, Mohammad B ^a   Saleheen, Danish ^b   Frossard, Philippe M ^b   Ishaq, Mohammad ^c   Hakeem, Abdul ^d   Sheikh, Hamza T ^e   Ahmad, Usman ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Pakistan)

^d University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^e Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; BMI; Waist Height ratio; Waist Hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 38649086369     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.12.040     Document Type: Article

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