Hypertension in Mexican adults: results from the National Health and Nutrition Survey 2006 Hipertensión en adultos mexicanos: resultados de la Encuesta Nacional de Nutrición y Salud 2006

OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence of hypertension among Mexican adults, and to compare to that observed among Mexican-Americans living in the US. MATERIAL AND METHOD: The primary data source came from adults (>20 years) sampled (n=33366) in the Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey 200...

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Main Authors: Simón Barquera, Ismael Campos-Nonato, Lucía Hernández-Barrera, Salvador Villalpando, César Rodríguez-Gilabert, Ramón Durazo-Arvizú, Carlos A Aguilar-Salinas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública 2010-01-01
Series:Salud Pública de México
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-36342010000700010