Blood pressure-to-height ratio simplifies the diagnosis of hypertension in Nigerian children

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 160-161

  Ejike, Chukwunonso E C C ^a   Yin, F Z ^b  

^a MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b First Hospital of Qinhuangdao   (China)

Author keywords

Blood pressure to height ratio; Children; Diagnosis; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BLOOD PRESSURE TO HEIGHT RATIO; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PREHYPERTENSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NIGERIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84875771301     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fms064     Document Type: Letter

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