Moderate waist circumference and hypertension prevalence: The REGARDS study

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 482-488

  Levine, Deborah A ^a,b   Calhoun, David A ^b   Prineas, Ronald J ^c   Cushman, Mary ^d   Howard, Virginia J ^e   Howard, George ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d University of Vermont College of Medicine   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

blood pressure; clinical epidemiology; hypertension; obesity; race; waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK; SEX; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 79952985304     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2010.258     Document Type: Article

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