Is the obesity epidemic reversing favorable trends in blood pressure? Evidence from cohorts born between 1890 and 1990 in the United States

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 554-561

  Goff, David C ^a   Gillespie, Cathleen ^b   Howard, George ^c   Labarthe, Darwin R ^b  

^a Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cohort effect; Hypertension; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECELERATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863837376     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.04.021     Document Type: Article

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