Prevalence of hypertension in immigrants and Swedish-born individuals, a cross-sectional study of 60-year-old men and women in Sweden

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2295-2302

  Carlsson, Axel C ^a   Wändell, Per E ^a   De Faire, Ulf ^a   Hellénius, Mai Lis ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ethnic background; Genetics; Hypertension; Population based studies; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMIGRANT; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 59849107043     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32831391c3     Document Type: Article

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