Population-specific left ventricular hypertrophy in three groups from the northeastern region of India

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 336-339

  Borah, P K ^a   Hazarika, N C ^b   Biswas, D ^a   Kalita, H C ^c   Mahanta, J ^a  

^a State Institute of Health and Family Welfare   (India)

^b ASSAM MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SALT INTAKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ALTITUDE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79952430139     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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