The prevalence of hypertension and its associated risk factors in a newly developed country

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 918-922

  Bener, Abdulbari ^a   Al Suwaidi, Jasim ^a   Al Jaber, Khalifa ^b   Al Marri, Saleh ^a   Dagash, Mohammed H ^a   Elbagi, Islam Eldin ^c  

^a West Bay Primary Health Center   (Qatar)

^b HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^c Public Health Department   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QATAR; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QATAR; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 4344692487     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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