Hypertension screening using blood pressure to height ratio

Pediatrics

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Xi, Bo ^a   Zhang, Meixian ^b,c   Zhang, Tao ^a   Liang, Yajun ^d,e   Li, Shuangshuang ^a   Steffen, Lyn M ^f,g  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL INSTITUTE OF PEDIATRICS   (China)

^c GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^d JINING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure to height ratio; Children; Diagnostic criteria; High blood pressure

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE TO HEIGHT RATIO; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREHYPERTENSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

BLOOD PRESSURE TO HEIGHT RATIO; CHILDREN; DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA; HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PREHYPERTENSION;

EID: 84904179741     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-0643     Document Type: Article

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