Comparison of Cardiovascular Risk Factors for High Brachial Pulse Pressure in Blacks Versus Whites (Charleston Heart Study, Evans County Study, NHANES I and II Studies)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1514-1517

  Gazes, Peter C ^a   Lackland, Daniel T ^b   Mountford, William K ^b   Gilbert, Gregory E ^b   Harley, Russell A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56349092025     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.07.042     Document Type: Article

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