Evaluation of blood pressure/height ratio as an index to simplify diagnostic criteria of hypertension in Caucasian adolescents

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 623-624

  Rabbia, F ^a   Rabbone, I ^b   Totaro, S ^a   Testa, E ^a   Covella, M ^a   Berra, E ^a   Bertello, M C ^b   Gioia, E ^b   Cerutti, F ^b   Veglio, F ^a  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE HEIGHT RATIO; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MALE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE;

EID: 80052915257     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2011.32     Document Type: Letter

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