Hypertension in overweight and obese primary care patients is highly prevalent and poorly controlled

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 904-910

  Bramlage, Peter ^a,f   Pittrow, David ^a   Wittchen, Hans Ulrich ^a   Kirch, Wilhelm ^a   Boehler, Steffen ^a   Lehnert, Hendrik ^b   Hoefler, Michael ^c   Unger, Thomas ^d   Sharma, Arya M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^d Hamilton   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Control; diagnosis; hypertension; obesity; overweight; treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 5544244681     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.05.017     Document Type: Article

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