Waist circumference and risk of elevated blood pressure in children: A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Choy, Cheuk Sing ^a,b   Chan, Wan Yu ^c   Chen, Ta Liang ^b,d   Shih, Chun Chuan ^e   Wu, Li Chu ^f   Liao, Chien Chang ^b,d,g  

^a TAIPEI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c MIN HWEI COLLEGE OF HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Children; elevated blood pressure; obesity; waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 79960893083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-613     Document Type: Article

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