Components of height and blood pressure in childhood

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 149-159

  Regnault, Nolwenn ^a   Kleinman, Ken P ^a   Rifas Shiman, Sheryl L ^a   Langenberg, Claudia ^b   Lipshultz, Steven E ^c   Gillman, Matthew W ^a,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Child; Leg length; Longitudinal studies; Trunk length

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BRAIN; CHILD HEALTH; ETHNICITY; HEIGHT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PRESSURE EFFECT;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BRAIN PERFUSION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SITTING; SITTING HEIGHT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRUNK LENGTH; UNITED STATES; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLE; HYPERTENSION; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE RATE; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLE;

UNITED STATES;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSE; RISK FACTORS; SYSTOLE;

EID: 84896818211     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyt248     Document Type: Article

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