Performance of blood pressure-to-height ratio at a single screening visit for the identification of hypertension in children

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1068-1074

  Outdili, Zaïneb ^a   Marti Soler, Helena ^a   Simonetti, Giacomo D ^b   Bovet, Pascal ^a   Paccaud, Fred ^a   Burnier, Michel ^c   Paradis, Gilles ^d   Chiolero, Arnaud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

blood pressure to height ratio; children; hypertension; screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE TO HEIGHT RATIO; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SWITZERLAND; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84898460106     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000152     Document Type: Article

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