Associations between body mass index, waist circumference and body shape index with resting blood pressure in Portuguese adolescents

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 163-167

  Duncan, Michael J ^a   Mota, Jorge ^b   Vale, Susana ^b   Santos, Maria Paula ^b   Ribeiro, Jose Carlos ^b  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body composition; Overweight; Pbesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BLOOD; BODY MASS; BODY SHAPE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBESITY; PORTUGAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PORTUGAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84875698580     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2012.752861     Document Type: Article

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