Prevalence of children with blood pressure measurements exceeding adult cutoffs for optimal blood pressure in Germany

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-200

  Neuhauser, Hannelore K ^a   Rosario, Angelika Schaffrath ^a   Thamm, Michael ^a   Ellert, Ute ^a  

^a Robert Koch Institut   (United States)

Author keywords

blood pressure; cardiovascular risk factors; epidemiology; paediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DYSLIPIDEMIA; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OBESITY; OSCILLOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

EID: 67449096040     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e3283271e6c     Document Type: Article

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