Female family caregivers face a higher risk of hypertension and lowered estimated glomerular filtration rates: A cross-sectional, comparative study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Torimoto Sasai, Yasuko ^a,b   Igarashi, Ayumi ^c   Wada, Takashi ^d   Ogata, Yasuko ^a   Yamamoto Mitani, Noriko ^c  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Dia Foundation for Research on Ageing Societies   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caregiver health; Estimated glomerular filtration rate (EGFR); Family caregiving; Hypertension; Japan; Physical health

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; LIPID;

AGED; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; LIPIDS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84928686674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1519-6     Document Type: Article

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