Modifiable Socio-Behavioural Factors Associated with Overweight and Hypertension among Persons Aged 35 to 60 Years in Eastern Uganda

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Mayega, Roy William ^a,b   Makumbi, Fredrick ^b   Rutebemberwa, Elizeus ^b,d   Peterson, Stefan ^a,b,c   Östenson, Claes Göran ^a   Tomson, Göran ^a   Guwatudde, David ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Iganga Mayuge Demographic Surveillance Site   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STRESS; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; UGANDA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UGANDA;

EID: 84867541183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047632     Document Type: Article

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