Anthropometric and dietary determinants of blood pressure in over 7000 Mediterranean women: The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Florence cohort

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2112-2120

  Masala, Giovanna ^a   Bendinelli, Benedetta ^a   Versari, Daniele ^b   Saieva, Calogero ^a   Ceroti, Marco ^a   Santagiuliana, Federica ^a   Caini, Saverio ^a   Salvini, Simonetta ^a   Sera, Francesco ^a   Taddei, Stefano ^a   Ghiadoni, Lorenzo ^b   Palli, Domenico ^a  

^a ISPO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Blood pressure; Cross sectional; Diet; Epidemiology; Italy; Women

Indexed keywords

OLIVE OIL; TRACE ELEMENT; YOGHURT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; COFFEE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; EGG; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAT; MILK; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POTASSIUM INTAKE; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; SODIUM INTAKE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN INTAKE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WINE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 56049103984     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32830ef75c     Document Type: Article

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