Association between cotinine-verified smoking status and hypertension in 167,868 Korean adults

Purpose: Previous studies showed inconsistent results concerning the relationship between chronic smoking and blood pressure. Most of the studies involved self-reported smoking status. This study was performed to evaluate the association of urinary cotinine or self-reported smoking status with hyper...

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Main Authors: Byung Jin Kim, Ji Min Han, Jung Gyu Kang, Bum Soo Kim, Jin Ho Kang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-09-01
Series:Blood Pressure
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08037051.2017.1344539