Blood pressure to height ratio: A novel method for detecting hypertension in paediatric age groups

Paediatrics and Child Health (Canada)

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 65-69

  Guo, Xiaofan ^a   Zheng, Liqiang ^a   Li, Yang ^a   Zhang, Xingang ^a   Yu, Shasha ^a   Sun, Yingxian ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Blood pressure to height ratio; Childreri; Hypertension; Prehypertension

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE TO HEIGHT RATIO; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREHYPERTENSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873333497     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pch/18.2.65     Document Type: Article

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