Protective Health Factors and Incident Hypertension in Men | Zendy

Jorge A. Banda | Zendy; Kathleen Clouston | Zendy; Xuemei Sui | Zendy; Steven P. Hooker | Zendy; C.-D. Lee | Zendy; Steven N. Blair | Zendy

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Protective Health Factors and Incident Hypertension in Men

Author(s) -

Jorge A. Banda,

Kathleen Clouston,

Xuemei Sui,

Steven P. Hooker,

C.-D. Lee,

Steven N. Blair

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

american journal of hypertension

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009

H-Index - 136

eISSN - 1941-7225

pISSN - 0895-7061

DOI - 10.1038/ajh.2010.26

Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , cardiorespiratory fitness , body mass index , confidence interval , blood pressure , national health and nutrition examination survey , prehypertension , environmental health , population , physics , optics

Few studies have examined the association between a combination of lifestyle factors and the incidence of hypertension, particularly among men. This is important as lifestyle factors are often interrelated, and may often occur in combination. Thus, we investigated the individual and combined effects of body mass index (BMI), smoking status, alcohol intake, physical activity (PA), and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) on the incidence of hypertension in men.

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