Role of waist circumference in predicting the risk of high blood pressure in children

International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-150

  Kovacs, Viktoria Anna ^a   Gabor, Anita ^a   Fajcsak, Zsuzsanna ^a   Martos, Eva ^a  

^a National Institute of Food Hygiene and Nutrition Budapest   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; BMI; Children; Hypertension; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; COMPLICATION; OBESITY; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 77949416031     PISSN: 17477166     EISSN: 17477174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17477160903111771     Document Type: Article

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