Higher exercise frequency associated with lower blood pressure in Hong Kong adolescents: A population-based study

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 646-651

  So, H K ^a   Sung, R Y T ^a   Li, A M ^a   Choi, K C ^b   Nelson, E A S ^a   Yin, J ^a   Ng, P C ^a   Fok, T F ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

adolescents; blood pressure; exercise frequency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHINESE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956877152     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2009.117     Document Type: Article

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