The relationship of body mass index and blood pressure in Iranian children <7 years old

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 313-317

  Ataei, Neamatollah ^a   Hosseini, Mostafa ^a   Iranmanesh, Mohammad ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Body mass index; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 73249121695     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmp014     Document Type: Article

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