Contributions of Social Context to Blood Pressure: Findings From a Multilevel Analysis of Social Capital and Systolic Blood Pressure | Zendy

Tsuyoshi Hamano | Zendy; Yoshikazu Fujisawa | Zendy; Masayuki Yamasaki | Zendy; Katsuhisa Ito | Zendy; Toru Nabika | Zendy; Kuninori Shiwaku | Zendy

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Contributions of Social Context to Blood Pressure: Findings From a Multilevel Analysis of Social Capital and Systolic Blood Pressure

Author(s) -

Tsuyoshi Hamano,

Yoshikazu Fujisawa,

Masayuki Yamasaki,

Katsuhisa Ito,

Toru Nabika,

Kuninori Shiwaku

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.2011.37

Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , context (archaeology) , cardiology , systolic hypertension , social capital , social science , paleontology , sociology , biology

In recent years, few studies have quantified the effect of residential context on blood pressure. Although these studies have emphasized the importance of socioeconomic influences such as education or poverty levels, the association between the features of social structure such as social capital and blood pressure remain unclear. Therefore, we investigated whether social capital was associated with systolic blood pressure after controlling for individual potential confounders.

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