Frequent left ventricular hypertrophy independent of blood pressure in 1851 pre-western Inuit

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 484-488

  Andersen, Stig ^a,b   Kjærgaard, Marie ^a   Jørgensen, Marit Eika ^a   Mulvad, Gert ^c   Kjærgaard, Jens Jørgen ^a  

^a Queen Ingrids Hospital   (Greenland)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Primary Health Care Clinic   (Greenland)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiovascular risk; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Physical activity; Population survey; Pre western Greenland Inuit

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ESKIMO; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79957999132     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.02.034     Document Type: Article

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