Betel nut chewing is associated with hypertension in Taiwanese type 2 diabetic patients

Hypertension Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 417-423

  Tseng, Chin Hsiao ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Betel nut chewing; Hypertension; Smoking; Taiwan; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTICATION; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAIWAN; TELEPHONE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARECA; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 42649093550     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.31.417     Document Type: Article

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