The role of body weight, fat distribution and weight change in ethnic differences in the 9-year incidence of hypertension

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 990-997

  Grootveld, Laura R ^a   Van Valkengoed, Irene G M ^a   Peters, Ron J G ^b   Ujcic Voortman, Joanne K ^c   Brewster, Lizzy M ^a   Stronks, Karien ^a   Snijder, Marieke B ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

African; anthropometrics; blood pressure; body weight; ethnicity; fat distribution; hypertension; incidence; South Asian; weight change

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WEIGHT GAIN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY MASS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SURINAME;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SURINAME;

EID: 84898493671     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000135     Document Type: Article

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