Association of hypertension with risk factors & hypertension related behaviour among the aboriginal Nicobarese tribe living in Car Nicobar Island, India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 287-293

  Manimunda, Sathya Prakash ^a,e   Sugunan, Attayuru Purushottaman ^a   Benegal, Vivek ^b   Balakrishna, Nagalla ^c   Rao, Mendu Vishnuvardhana ^c   Pesala, Kasturi S ^d  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

^d INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e CENTRE FOR CHRONIC DISEASE CONTROL   (India)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Alcohol; Andaman and Nicobar islands; Behaviour; Hypertension; India; Indigenous; Nicobarese; Obesity; Overweight; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ADOLESCENT; LIFESTYLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; LIFE STYLE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952929915     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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