Relationship between obesity and pulse pressure in children: Results of the National Health and Nutrition Survey (NHANES) 1988-1994

Journal of the American Society of Hypertension

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 277-283

  Chandramohan, Gangadarshni ^a,b   Kalantar Zadeh, Kamyar ^a,b,c   Kermah, Dulcie ^e   Marie Go, Sheena Cecille ^a   Vaziri, Nosratola D ^d   Norris, Keith C ^b,e  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Harold Simmons Center for Kidney Disease Research and Epidemiology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Body mass index; Cardiovascular risk factors; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84863714922     PISSN: 19331711     EISSN: 18787436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jash.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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