The sensitivity of waist-to-height ratio in identifying children with high blood pressure

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 208-211

  Motswagole, B S ^a   Kruger, H S ^a   Faber, M ^b   Van Rooyen, J M ^a   De Ridder, J H ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Children; South Africa; Waist to height ratio

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO; SOUTH AFRICA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HEIGHT RATIO;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 80052255004     PISSN: 19951892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5830/CVJA-2010-062     Document Type: Article

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