Children in South Asia have higher body mass-adjusted blood pressure levels than white children in the United States: A comparative study

Circulation

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1291-1297

  Jafar, Tazeen H ^a,b,c   Islam, Muhammad ^b   Poulter, Neil ^d   Hatcher, Juanita ^a   Schmid, Christopher H ^c   Levey, Andrew S ^c   Chaturvedi, Nish ^d  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Epidemiology; Ethnic groups; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DIASTOLE; DIETARY FATS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEAT; OBESITY; OWNERSHIP; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SYSTOLE; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 15244351253     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000157699.87728.F1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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