An approach of hypertension prevalence in a sample of 5381 Portuguese children and adolescents. the AVELEIRA registry. "Hypertension in Children"

Blood Pressure

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 153-157

  Maldonado, João ^a   Pereira, Telmo ^a,b   Fernandes, Rui ^c   Santos, Rita ^c   Carvalho, Margarida ^c  

^a Instituto de Investigacao e Formacao Cardiovascular Quinta da Portela   (Portugal)

^b Institute de Investigação e Formação Cardiovascular Penacova   (Portugal)

^c Clínica da Aveleira   (Portugal)

Author keywords

blood pressure; Hypertension; overweight; pediatrics; prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HIP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITOR; OBESITY; PORTUGAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79957483628     PISSN: 08037051     EISSN: 16511999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08037051.2010.542649     Document Type: Article

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