Contributions of social context to blood pressure: Findings from a multilevel analysis of social capital and systolic blood pressure

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 643-646

  Hamano, Tsuyoshi ^a,b   Fujisawa, Yoshikazu ^c   Yamasaki, Masayuki ^b   Ito, Katsuhisa ^a   Nabika, Toru ^b   Shiwaku, Kuninori ^b  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

blood pressure; hypertension; multilevel analysis; social capital

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRUST;

EID: 79956095545     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2011.37     Document Type: Article

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