Are the children and adolescents with congenital heart disease living in Southwestern Ontario really overweight and obese?

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 848-853

  Welisch, Eva ^a,b   Rauch, Ralf ^c   Seabrook, Jamie A ^a,b   Filler, Guido ^a,b   Norozi, Kambiz ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c Rems Murr Hospital   (Germany)

^d HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Child obesity; Congenital heart defects; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; INCIDENCE; OVERWEIGHT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OBESITY; ONTARIO; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84910665769     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951113001157     Document Type: Article

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