Prevalence of obesity and elevated blood pressure as well as onset of puberty in German school children attending different educational tracks

Hormone Research

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 340-348

  Gelbrich, Götz ^a   Blüher, Susann ^a   Reich, Andrea ^a   Müller, Grit ^a   Kiess, Wieland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Blood pressure; Educational level; Obesity; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PUBERTY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STUDENTS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 54449093026     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000161864     Document Type: Article

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