Association of neck circumference and obesity status with elevated blood pressure in children

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 263-268

  Nafiu, O O ^a   Zepeda, A ^a   Curcio, C ^a   Prasad, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

central adiposity; childhood obesity; neck circumference; prehypertension

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK CIRCUMFERENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREHYPERTENSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREHYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84896319307     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2013.93     Document Type: Article

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