Prevalence of prehypertension and associated risk factors in a rural Taiwanese adult population

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 269-273

  Lin, Shin Jing ^a   Lee, Kun Tai ^a,c   Lin, Ker Cheng ^b   Cheng, Kai Hong ^a   Tsai, Wei Chung ^a   Sheu, Sheng Hsiung ^a,c   Wu, Ming Tsang ^a,c   Lee, Chien Hung ^c   Lai, Wen Ter ^a,c  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Chi Shan Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Prehypertension; Rural adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; TAIWAN;

EID: 77957846299     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.01.045     Document Type: Article

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