Association between body size and blood pressure in children from different ethnic origins

Cardiovascular Diabetology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  de Hoog, Marieke L A ^a,b   van Eijsden, Manon ^b,c   Stronks, Karien ^a   Gemke, Reinoud J B J ^a   Vrijkotte, Tanja G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Blood pressure; Body size; Children; Ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CHILD; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADIPOSITY; AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; CARIBBEAN REGION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; TURKEY;

EID: 84868221518     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2840-11-136     Document Type: Article

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