Systolic Blood Pressure and Adiposity: Examination by Race and Gender in a Nationally Representative Sample of Young Adults
Author(s) -
Beverly H. Brummett,
M. B. Babyak,
Ilene C. Siegler,
Richard S. Surwit,
Anastasia Georgiades,
S. H. Boyle,
Redford B. Williams
Publication year - 2011
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.2011.177
Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , race (biology) , systole , obesity , sample (material) , demography , cardiology , gerontology , diastole , sociology , chemistry , botany , chromatography , biology
Adiposity, or more specifically, underlying body fat distribution, has been associated with systolic blood pressure (SBP), and it has been suggested that these associations vary between whites and blacks, as well as by gender.
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