Associations of body mass index with incident hypertension in American white, American black and Chinese Asian adults in early and middle adulthood: The coronary artery risk development in young adults (CARDIA) study, the atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) study and the people's republic of China (PRC) study

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 626-634

  Katz, Eva G ^a   Stevens, June ^a   Truesdale, Kimberly P ^a   Cai, Jianwen ^a   North, Kari E ^a   Steffen, Lyn M ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

African american; Blood pressure; Cardiovascular disease; Multi ethnic; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890039668     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6133/apjcn.2013.22.4.12     Document Type: Article

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