High blood pressure in chinese ethnic minorities: Report from rural yunnan province

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1209-1214

  Yang, Steven ^a   Liu, Sandy ^b   Wang, Ying ^c   Wan, Hao ^c   Zhao, Dong ^c   Li, Yi ^d   Chen, Shan Shan ^e   Wu, Yangfeng ^f   Dustin, Laurie ^g   Azen, Stan ^g   Hu, Da Yi ^h   Detrano, Robert C ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e China California Heart Watch   (United States)

^f PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

blood pressure; China; cross sectional study; diet; ethnic minority; hypertension; rural China

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; GLUTAMATE SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BAI CHINESE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; BULANG CHINESE; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAI CHINESE; DIET THERAPY; DRUG USE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HAN CHINESE; HANI CHINESE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LISU CHINESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAXI CHINESE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TIBETAN CHINESE; WA CHINESE; YI CHINESE;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING;

EID: 81155162462     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2011.127     Document Type: Article

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