The relationship between obesity and blood pressure differs by ethnicity in Sydney school children

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-58

  Ke, Liang ^a   Brock, Kaye E ^b   Cant, Rosemary V ^b   Li, Yang ^b   Morrell, Stephen L ^c  

^a George Institute   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; OBESITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 57749172251     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2008.308     Document Type: Article

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