Obesity and blood pressure - Results from the examination of 2365 schoolchildren in Germany

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1459-1464

  Reich, A ^a   Muller G ^a   Gelbrich, G ^b   Deutscher, K ^a   Godicke R ^c   Kiess, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b Coord Ctr for Clin Trials Leipzig ^*  (Germany)

^c Pub Hlth Dept City of Leipzig   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body fat; Body mass index; Children; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPEDANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0346880510     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802462     Document Type: Article

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