Adjusting adiposity and body weight measurements for height alters the relationship with blood pressure in children

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 904-910

  Willig, Amanda L ^a   Casazza, Krista ^a   Dulin Keita, Akilah ^a   Franklin, Frank A ^a   Amaya, Michelle ^b   Fernandez, Jose R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK;

ADIPOSITY; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; RISK; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 77955775280     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2010.82     Document Type: Article

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