High blood pressure in obese and nonobese Japanese children: Blood pressure measurement is necessary even in nonobese Japanese children

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 408-412

  Shirasawa, Takako ^a   Shimada, Naoki ^a   Ochiai, Hirotaka ^a   Ohtsu, Tadahiro ^a   Hoshino, Hiromi ^a   Nishimura, Rimei ^b   Morimoto, Aya ^b   Tajima, Naoko ^b   Kokaze, Akatsuki ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

BMI; Children; High blood pressure; Hypertensive family history

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE;

EID: 78049237107     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20090207     Document Type: Article

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