Abdominal obesity in german adolescents defined by waist-to-height ratio and its association to elevated blood pressure: The KiGGS study

Obesity Facts

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 165-175

  Kromeyer Hauschild, Katrin ^a   Neuhauser, Hannelore ^b   Schaffrath Rosario, Angelika ^b   Schienkiewitz, Anja ^b  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Adolescents; Blood pressure; Body mass index; Waist to height ratio

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO;

EID: 84877250854     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000351066     Document Type: Article

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