Prevalence of hypertension at high altitude: Cross-sectional survey in Ladakh, Northern India 2007-2011

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Norboo, Tsering ^a   Stobdan, Tsering ^b   Tsering, Norboo ^a   Angchuk, Norboo ^c   Tsering, Phunsog ^c   Ahmed, Iqbal ^c   Chorol, Tsewang ^c   Sharma, Vijay Kumar ^d   Reddy, Prasanna ^e   Singh, Shashi Bala ^e   Kimura, Yumi ^f   Sakamoto, Ryota ^g   Fukutomi, Eriko ^f   Ishikawa, Motonao ^h   Suwa, Kuniaki ^h   Kosaka, Yasuyuki ^f   Nose, Mitsuhiro ^f   Yamaguchi, Takayoshi ⁱ   Tsukihara, Toshihiro ^j   Matsubayashi, Kozo ^f   Otsuka, Kuniaki ^g   Okumiya, Kiyohito ^f,k   more..

^a Ladakh Institute of Prevention   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Sonam Norboo Memorial Hospital   (India)

^d Leh Ladakh C o 56APO   (India)

^e DEFENCE INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^j UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^k RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BUDDHIST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXIA; INDIA; LADAKHI; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRANT; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MUSLIM; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TIBETAN (PEOPLE); URBAN AREA; AGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OVERWEIGHT; OXIMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALTITUDE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXIA; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; OVERWEIGHT; OXIMETRY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIAL CHANGE; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929346648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007026     Document Type: Article

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