The relationship of waist circumference distribution to blood pressure levels among children and adolescents in Shandong, China

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1516-1520

  Zhang, Ying Xiu ^a   Wang, Shu Rong ^b  

^a Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^b Shandong Blood Center   (China)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Blood pressure; Distribution; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISTRIBUTION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84885329844     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.12.097     Document Type: Article

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