Overweight and Central Adiposity in School-Age Children and Links With Hypertension

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-125

  Meininger, Janet C ^a   Brosnan, Christine A ^a   Eissa, Mona A ^a   Nguyen, Thong Q ^a   Reyes, Lisa R ^b   Upchurch, Sandra L ^a   Phillips, Melinda ^a   Sterchy, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b Aldine Independent School District ^*

Author keywords

Central adiposity; Hypertension; Obesity; School age children; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RACE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 76949098635     PISSN: 08825963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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