Trends of elevated blood pressure among children and adolescents: Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1988-2006

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-67

  Ostchega, Yechiam ^a   Carroll, Margaret ^a   Prineas, Ronald J ^b   McDowell, Margaret A ^a   Louis, Tatiana ^a   Tilert, Tim ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MORBIDITY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57749209965     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2008.312     Document Type: Article

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