Obesity, adiposity indices, and blood pressure; ethnicity does matter

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 244-

  Poirier, Paul ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; NOTE; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WAIST HIP RATIO; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADIPOSITY; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 40049088784     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2007.82     Document Type: Note

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