The impact of differences in methodology and population characteristics on the prevalence of hypertension in US adults in 1976-1980 and 1999-2002

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 620-626

  Wright, Jacqueline D ^a   Stevens, June ^b   Poole, Charles ^b   Flegal, Katherine M ^a   Suchindran, Chirayath ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure determination; Body mass index; Cross sectional studies; Hypertension; Nutrition surveys; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952543007     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2010.40     Document Type: Article

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