Blood pressure and its influencing factors in a national representative sample of Iranian children and adolescents: The CASPIAN Study

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 956-963

  Kelishadi, Roya ^a   Ardalan, Gelayol ^b   Gheiratmand, Riaz ^c   Majdzadeh, Reza ^c   Delavari, Alireza ^b   Heshmat, Ramin ^c   Gouya, Mohammad Mehdi ^b   Razaghi, Emran Mohammad ^b   Motaghian, Molouk ^c   Mokhtari, Mohammad Reza ^a   Barekati, Hamed ^b   Mahmoud Arabi, Minoo Sadat ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

blood pressure; children and adolescents; influencing factors; nomograms

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IRAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS; SYSTOLE;

EID: 33845400577     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjr.0000219109.17791.b6     Document Type: Article

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