Blood pressure among overweight adolescents from urban school children in Pune, India

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 633-641

  Rao, S ^a   Kanade, A ^a   Kelkar, R ^a  

^a AGHARKAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIAL STATUS; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34248188766     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602555     Document Type: Article

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