Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 1, Issue 3 , Pages 216-225 , May 2007

Prevalence and patterns of hypertension in Peruvian Andean Hispanics: the PREVENCION study

  • Josefina Medina-Lezama, MD

      Affiliations

    • Santa Maria Catholic University School of Medicine and Santa Maria Research Institute, Arequipa, Peru
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  • Humberto Zea-Diaz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Santa Maria Catholic University School of Medicine and Santa Maria Research Institute, Arequipa, Peru
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  • Oscar L. Morey-Vargas, MD

      Affiliations

    • Santa Maria Catholic University School of Medicine and Santa Maria Research Institute, Arequipa, Peru
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  • Juan F. Bolaños-Salazar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Santa Maria Catholic University School of Medicine and Santa Maria Research Institute, Arequipa, Peru
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  • Mauricio Postigo-MacDowall, MD

      Affiliations

    • Santa Maria Catholic University School of Medicine and Santa Maria Research Institute, Arequipa, Peru
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  • Sheyla Paredes-Díaz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Santa Maria Catholic University School of Medicine and Santa Maria Research Institute, Arequipa, Peru
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  • Fernando Corrales-Medina, MD

      Affiliations

    • Santa Maria Catholic University School of Medicine and Santa Maria Research Institute, Arequipa, Peru
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  • Zoila Valdivia-Ascuña, MD

      Affiliations

    • Santa Maria Catholic University School of Medicine and Santa Maria Research Institute, Arequipa, Peru
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  • Carolina Cuba-Bustinza, MD

      Affiliations

    • Santa Maria Catholic University School of Medicine and Santa Maria Research Institute, Arequipa, Peru
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  • Paola Villalobos-Tapia, MD

      Affiliations

    • Santa Maria Catholic University School of Medicine and Santa Maria Research Institute, Arequipa, Peru
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  • Edgar Muñoz-Atahualpa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Santa Maria Catholic University School of Medicine and Santa Maria Research Institute, Arequipa, Peru
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  • Julio Chirinos-Pacheco, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Santa Maria Catholic University School of Medicine and Santa Maria Research Institute, Arequipa, Peru
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  • Leopoldo Raij, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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  • Julio A. Chirinos, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Julio A. Chirinos, MD, 7135 Collins Avenue, No. 924, Miami, Florida 33141. Tel: 305-282-8300; fax: 305-993-5170.

Received 20 December 2006 ,Accepted 16 February 2007.

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 This study was supported by the Santa Maria Research Institute, Arequipa, Peru.Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S1933-1711(07)00058-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jash.2007.02.003

Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 1, Issue 3 , Pages 216-225 , May 2007

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