Ageing, Arterial Blood Pressure, Body Mass Index, and Diet
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Ageing, arterial blood pressure, body mass index, and diet.
For three decades we followed up for longevity indicators, including diet, arterial blood pressure, and body mass index 379 mobile, long-living persons from Croatia, now aged 70 to 92 years, of whom 167 men aged (78.6 ± 4.0) years and 212 women aged (77.9 ± 4.1) years. One hundred and ninety-five were from the continental and 184 from the coastal Croatia. The participants were examined in 1972,...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0004-1254
DOI: 10.2478/10004-1254-63-2012-2164