Waist-to-height ratio and elevated blood pressure among children in Taiwan

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 463-466

  Chen, Ta Liang ^a,b   Choy, Cheuk Sing ^c   Chan, Wan Yu ^d   Chen, Chien Hsin ^e   Liao, Chien Chang ^a,b  

^a School of Medicine   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d MIN HWEI COLLEGE OF HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Blood pressure; Child; Risk; Taiwan; Waist to height ratio

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; FEMALE; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NECK CIRCUMFERENCE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAIWAN; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; STUDENTS; TAIWAN; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84866034911     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 09747559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-012-0075-8     Document Type: Article

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