Divergence with age in blood pressure in African-Caribbean and white populations in England: Implications for screening for hypertension

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 89-96

  Agyemang, Charles ^a   Humphry, Roger W ^b,c   Bhopal, Raj ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African Caribbean; age; blood pressure; hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARIBBEAN REGION; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 83655201396     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2011.160     Document Type: Article

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