Sex difference in blood pressure among South Asian diaspora in Europe and North America and the role of BMI: A meta-analysis

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 407-417

  De Munter, J S L ^a   Agyemang, C ^a   Van Valkengoed, I G ^a   Bhopal, R ^b   Stronks, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EMBASE; EUROPE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIAN; MEDLINE; NORTH AMERICA; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH ASIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79959288631     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2010.77     Document Type: Review

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