Body mass index and hypertension among Chinese governmental and institutional employees in Beijing

Angiology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 337-342

  Chen, Tao ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Wang, Yang ^a   Xu, Tao ^a,b   Hu, Bo ^a   Chen, Weiwei ^a   Zhu, Manlu ^a  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

body mass index; hypertension; obesity; work sites

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINA; CHINESE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84861877840     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: 19401574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319711416108     Document Type: Article

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