Prevalence of hypertension, its correlates and awareness among adult tribal population of Kerala state, India

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 255-261

  Meshram, I ^a   Arlappa, N ^a   Balkrishna, N ^a   Rao, K ^a   Laxmaiah, A ^a   Brahmam, Gnv ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

Author keywords

Hypertension; obesity; prevalence; risk behaviors; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873449882     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: 09722823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.105444     Document Type: Article

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