Central adiposity and the risk of hypertension in Asian Indian girls

World Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 256-260

  Ghosh, Jyoti Ratan ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Arup Ratan ^b  

^a VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

anthropometry; girls; hypertension; waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONICITY INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84882283812     PISSN: 17088569     EISSN: 18670687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12519-013-0424-2     Document Type: Article

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