Gender-specific prevalence and associated risk factors of prehypertension among rural children and adolescents in Northeast China: A cross-sectional study

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 223-230

  Guo, Xiaofan ^a   Zheng, Liqiang ^a   Li, Yang ^a   Yu, Shasha ^a   Zhou, Xinghu ^a   Wang, Rui ^a   Zhang, Xingang ^a   Sun, Zhaoqing ^a   Sun, Yingxian ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Prehypertension; Prevalence; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHINA; CHINESE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREHYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 84877127764     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-012-1873-7     Document Type: Article

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