Trends in Adolescents Obesity and the Association between BMI and Blood Pressure: A Cross-Sectional Study in 714,922 Healthy Teenagers

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1157-1163

  Chorin, Ehud ^a   Hassidim, Ayal ^b   Hartal, Michael ^b,c   Havakuk, Ofer ^a   Flint, Nir ^a   Ziv Baran, Tomer ^a   Arbel, Yaron ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

army recruitment; blood pressure; BMI; conscripts; gender; hypertension; Israel; obesity; teenagers; trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT OBESITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREND STUDY; AGE; HYPERTENSION; ISRAEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; ODDS RATIO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84940709555     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpv007     Document Type: Article

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