Nutritional status, socio-economic status, heart rate, and blood pressure in African school children and adolescents

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 171-177

  Longo Mbenza, B ^a   Lukoki Luila, E ^b   M'Buyamba Kabangu, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

^b Heart of Africa Cardiovascular Center   (Congo)

Author keywords

Africa; Fat distribution; Heart rate; Hypertension; Malnutrition; Obesity; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 34548575152     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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