Heterogeneity in blood pressure in UK Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistani, compared to White, populations: divergence of adults and children

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2018, Pages 725-744

  Battu, Hartesh S ^a   Bhopal, Raj ^a   Agyemang, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE; BANGLADESHI; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT CHANGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE BURDEN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIAN; PAKISTANI; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH ASIAN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED KINGDOM; ASIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; META ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ASIA, WESTERN; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85053432592     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41371-018-0095-5     Document Type: Review

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