Measurements of adipocity and high blood pressure among children and adolescents living in belo horizonte

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 436-440

  Ribeiro, Robespierre C ^a   Lamounier, Joel A ^b   Oliveira, Reynaldo G ^b   Bensenor, Isabela M ^a   Lotufo, Paulo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Brazil; Cardiovascular risk factors; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 75549089074     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951109990606     Document Type: Article

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