Stronger associations of obesity with prehypertension and hypertension in young women than in young men

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1423-1429

  Wakabayashi, Ichiro ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

blood pressure; hypertension; obesity; prehypertension; sex

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREHYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO;

EID: 84862759131     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e3283544881     Document Type: Article

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