Understanding the decline of mean systolic blood pressure in Japan: An analysis of pooled data from the National Nutrition Survey, 1986-2002

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 978-988

  Ikeda, Nayu ^a   Gakidou, Emmanuela ^a   Hasegawa, Toshihiko ^b   Murray, Christopher J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; LIFESTYLE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BEER; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SALT INTAKE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WHISKEY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SYSTOLE;

EID: 57149120105     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.07.050195     Document Type: Article

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