Hypertension status, treatment, and control among spousal pairs in a middle-aged adult cohort

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 174, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 790-796

  Demarco, Mara McAdams ^a   Coresh, Josef ^a   Woodward, Mark ^a   Butler, Kenneth R ^b   Kao, W H Linda ^a   Mosley Jr , Thomas H ^b   Hindin, Michelle ^a   Anderson, Cheryl A M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

control; hypertension; spouses; therapeutics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE CLASS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA INTERPRETATION; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH WORKER; HYPERTENSION; MARRIAGE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SMOKING HABIT; SPOUSE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053200701     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr167     Document Type: Article

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