Prehypertension, racial prevalence and its association with risk factors: Analysis of the reasons for geographic and racial differences in stroke (REGARDS) study

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 194-199

  Glasser, Stephen P ^a   Judd, Suzanne ^b   Basile, Jan ^c   Lackland, Dan ^c   Halanych, Jewell ^a   Cushman, Mary ^d   Prineas, Ronald ^e   Howard, Virginia ^b   Howard, George ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

blood pressure; cardiovascular disease; hypertension; prehypertension; risk factors

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; OBESITY; PREHYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREHYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78751624931     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2010.204     Document Type: Article

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