Correlation of biophysical and psychosocial factors with blood pressure among urban andrural jat sikh women
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Blood pressure trends and hypertension among rural and urban Jat women of Haryana, India.
Hypertension is an important public health problem and the major causes of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality among aged and elderly population in India. The present study is an attempt to assess age related trends of blood pressure and prevalence of hypertension in rural and urban women as well as correlation of blood pressure with obesity indicators (WC, BMI, and WHR). Data for present cr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nursing and Midwifery Research Journal,
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0974-150X
DOI: 10.33698/nrf0058