Overweight, obesity and high blood pressure in an ethnically diverse sample of adolescents in Britain: The Medical Research Council DASH study

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 82-90

  Harding, S ^a   Maynard, M J ^a   Cruickshank, K ^b   Teyhan, A ^a  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Britain; Children; Ethnicity; High blood pressure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 38149000672     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803662     Document Type: Article

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