Body fat is associated with blood pressure in school-aged girls with low cardiorespiratory fitness: The European Youth Heart Study

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2027-2034

  Ruiz, Jonatan R ^a,b   Ortega, Francisco B ^a,b   Loit, Helle M ^c   Veidebaum, Toomas ^c   Sjöström, Michael ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Body fat; Children; Exercise; Hypertension; Paediatrics; Physical activity; Physical fitness

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERGOMETER; ESTONIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SWEDEN; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 34748898950     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328277597f     Document Type: Article

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