Gender difference in blood pressure control and cardiovascular risk factors in Americans with diagnosed hypertension

Hypertension

Volumn 51, Issue 4 PART 2 SUPPL., 2008, Pages 1142-1148

  Ong, Kwok Leung ^a   Tso, Annette W K ^a   Lam, Karen S L ^a   Cheung, Bernard M Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Control; Gender difference; Hypertension; United States

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40849138013     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.107.105205     Document Type: Article

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