Prevalence and associated risk factors of hypertension among people aged 50 years and more in Banepa Municipality, Nepal

Kathmandu University Medical Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 39, 2012, Pages 35-38

  Manandhar, Kedar ^a   Koju, R ^a   Sinha, N P ^a   Humagain, S ^a  

^a KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Associated risk factors; Cardiovascular disease; Hypertension; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VEGETARIAN;

EID: 84876010190     PISSN: 18122027     EISSN: 18122078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3126/kumj.v10i3.8015     Document Type: Article

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