Blood pressure level and hypertension awareness and control differ by marital status, sex, and ethnicity: A population-based study

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1511-1520

  Abu Saad, Kathleen ^a   Chetrit, Angela ^a   Eilat Adar, Sigal ^b,c   Alpert, Gershon ^d   Atamna, Ahmed ^d   Gillon Keren, Michal ^e   Rogowski, Ori ^c,f   Ziv, Arnona ^a   Kalter Leibovici, Ofra ^a,c  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b WINGATE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^e SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^f Soraski Medical Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Blood pressure level; Ethnicity; Hypertension; Hypertension awareness; Hypertension control; Israel; Marital status; Sex

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARAB; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; DIVORCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JEW; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MARRIED PERSON; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; ISRAEL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ISRAEL; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84927974145     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpu081     Document Type: Article

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