Are behavioural risk factors to be blamed for the conversion from optimal blood pressure to hypertensive status in black South Africans? A 5-year prospective study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1114-1123

  Schutte, Aletta E ^a   Schutte, Rudolph ^a   Huisman, Hugo W ^a   Van rooyen, Johannes M ^a   Fourie, Carla M T ^a   Malan, Nico T ^a   Malan, Leoné ^a   Mels, Catharina M C ^a   Smith, Wayne ^a   Moss, Sarah J ^a   Wayne Towers, G ^a   Salome Kruger H ^a   Wentzel viljoen, Edelweiss ^a   Vorster, Hester H ^a   Kruger, Annamarie ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

glutamyl transferase; Alcohol; Atherosclerosis; Ethnicity; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; URIC ACID;

ALCOHOL; BLACK POPULATION; BLOOD SYSTEM DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HYPERTENSION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE PRESSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBAN AREA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CREATININE; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

NORTH WEST PROVINCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84865719529     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys106     Document Type: Article

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