Differences in cardiovascular function of rural and urban African males: The THUSA study

Cardiovascular Journal of South Africa

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 161-165

  Schutte, Rudolph ^a   Huisman, Hugo W ^a   Malan, Leoné ^a   Van Rooyen, Johannes M ^a   Schutte, Aletta E ^a   Malan, Nicolaas T ^a   De Ridder, Johannes H ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 4944240537     PISSN: 10159657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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