Elevated arterial blood pressure and body mass index among Nigerian preschool children population

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Odetunde, Odutola I ^a   Neboh, Emeka E ^b   Chinawa, Josephat M ^a   Okafor, Henrietta U ^a,b   Odetunde, Oluwatoyin A ^a   Ezenwosu, Osita U ^a   Ekwochi, Uchenna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b ENUGU STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Body mass index (BMI); Hypertension; Nigeria; Pre hypertension; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NURSERY SCHOOL; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAMPLING; SOCIAL CLASS; UNDERWEIGHT; URINALYSIS;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84897954192     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-14-64     Document Type: Article

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