A Randomized Trial of a Low-Fat Diet Intervention on Blood Pressure and Hypertension: Tertiary Analysis of the WHI Dietary Modification Trial

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 959-968

  Allison, Matthew A ^a   Aragaki, Aaron K ^b   Ray, Roberta M ^b   Margolis, Karen L ^c   Beresford, Shirley A A ^d   Kuller, Lewis ^e   O'Sullivan, Mary Jo ^f   Wassertheil Smoller, Sylvia ^g   Van Horn, Linda ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c HEALTHPARTNERS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^g ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

blood pressure; diet; hypertension; trial; women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOW FAT DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREND STUDY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; DIET THERAPY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET, FAT-RESTRICTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MIDDLE AGED; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84982976061     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpv196     Document Type: Article

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