Prevalence of prehypertension and its relationship to risk factors for cardiovascular disease in Jamaica: Analysis from a cross-sectional survey

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ferguson, Trevor S ^a   Younger, Novie O M ^a   Tulloch Reid, Marshall K ^a   Wright, Marilyn B Lawrence ^a   Ward, Elizabeth M ^b   Ashley, Deanna E ^b   Wilks, Rainford J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b Ministry of Health   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; JAMAICA; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAMAICA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 52949142440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-8-20     Document Type: Article

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