Obesity and blood pressure levels of adolescents in Abeokuta, Nigeria

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 260-264

  Senbanjo, I O ^a   Oshikoya, K A ^a,b  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Blood pressure; Central obesity; Nigeria; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; BODY MASS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIASTOLIC HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NIGERIA; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84864416160     PISSN: 19951892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5830/CVJA-2011-037     Document Type: Article

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