Trends in the association between blood pressure and obesity in a Taiwanese population between 1996 and 2006

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 88-97

  Tu, Y K ^a   Summers, L K M ^a   Burley, V ^a   Chien, K ^b   Law, G R ^a   Fleming, T ^a   Gilthorpe, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

diastolic blood pressure; obesity; systolic blood pressure; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAIWAN; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 78651386729     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2010.33     Document Type: Article

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