Prevalence of hypertension and sociodemographic factors within the scheduled caste community of the district Nadia, West Bengal, India

High Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Prevention

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 179-185

  Biswas, Maharaj ^a   Manna, Chanchal Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

Author keywords

anthropometric measurement; cardiovascular diseases; hypertension; Scheduled Caste community; systolic and diastolic blood pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; ISOLATED DIASTOLIC HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREHYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT INTAKE; SAMPLING; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREHYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SODIUM, DIETARY; SYSTOLE; WAIST-HIP RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856406456     PISSN: 11209879     EISSN: 11791985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11593600-000000000-00000     Document Type: Article

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