Abdominal obesity and inflammation predicts hypertension among prehypertensive men and women: The ATTICA Study

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 96-103

  Pitsavos, Christos ^a   Chrysohoou, Christina ^a   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^b,c   Lentzas, Yannis ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Diet; Hypertension; Incidence; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIET; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 41849099265     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-007-1018-5     Document Type: Article

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