Body mass index relates to blood pressure among adults

North American Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 89-95

  Dua, Suman ^a   Bhuker, Monika ^a   Sharma, Pankhuri ^a   Dhall, Meenal ^a   Kapoor, Satwanti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Blood pressure (SBP and DBP); Body mass index; India; Obesity; Prehypertension; Punjabi adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894371875     PISSN: 22501541     EISSN: 19472714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1947-2714.127751     Document Type: Article

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