Blood pressure, insulin, and haematocrit values in Japanese subjects over 60 years of age

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 355-359

  Yanagawa, T ^a,b   Yoshida, Y ^a   Wada, N ^a   Nakao, E ^a   Ogiwara, H ^a   Uyama, I ^a   Takahara, T ^a   Nomura, T ^a   Gomi, K ^a   Saruta, T ^b  

^a Nerima General Hospital   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Haematocrit; Insulin

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULINEMIA; JAPAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 8544250578     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1000456     Document Type: Article

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