The Association between Height and Hypertension in Indonesia

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 27, Issue , 2017, Pages 74-83

  Sohn, Kitae ^a,b  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Foetal origins hypothesis; Height; Hypertension; Indonesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE ASSESSMENT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDONESIA; LEG LENGTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING HEIGHT; SMOKING; STANDING HEIGHT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRUNK LENGTH; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRY; PUBERTY; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDONESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PUBERTY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85019628467     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2017.04.007     Document Type: Article

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