Obesity markers and blood pressure in a sample of Portuguese children and adolescents

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-77

  Rebelo, Duarte ^a   Teixeira, Joana ^a   Marques Vidal, Pedro ^a,c   Oliveira, João Miguel ^b  

^a Instituto de Medicina Molecular

^b UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

adolescent; child; hypertension; obesity; Portugal; transverse study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; PORTUGAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 39349101419     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e3282f0e344     Document Type: Article

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