Relationship between somatotype and blood pressure in a group of institutionalized venezuelan elders

Gerontology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 223-229

  Herrera, H ^a,b   Rebato, E ^a   Hernandez R ^b   Hernandez Valera Y ^b   Alfonso Sanchez M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Ageing; Blood pressure; Body composition; Cardiovascular risk factors; Elderly; Somatotype

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY BUILD; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX ROLE; SOMATOTYPE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VENEZUELA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOMATOTYPES; STATISTICS; VENEZUELA;

EID: 4344639042     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000078351     Document Type: Article

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