Hypertension and clustering of cardiovascular risk factors in a community in Southeast Brazil: the Bambuí Health and Ageing Study
OBJECTIVE - A population-based prospective study was analysed to: a) determine the prevalence of hypertension; b) investigate the clustering of other cardiovascular risk factors and c) verify whether older differed from younger adults in the pattern of clustering. METHODS - The data comprised a repr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC)
2001-01-01
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| Series: | Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2001001200008 |