Sociodemographic correlates of four indices of blood pressure and hypertension among older persons in Japan

Gerontology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 392-400

  Davarian, Shieva ^a   Crimmins, Eileen ^a   Takahashi, Atsuhiko ^b   Saito, Yasuhiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Elderly; Hypertension; Japan

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 84883445918     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000350531     Document Type: Article

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