Waist-to-height ratio is not a predictor of systolic blood pressure in 3-year-old children

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 501-503

  Whitrow, Melissa J ^a,b   Moore, Vivienne M ^a,b   Davies, Michael J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; SYSTOLE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 80051785280     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.05.017     Document Type: Article

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