Leg-to-trunk ratio and the risk of hypertension in children and adolescents: A population-based study

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 688-695

  Dong, Bin ^a,b   Wang, Zhiqiang ^a,b   Ma, Jun ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body height; Body proportion; Children; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BODY SIZE; CHILD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEG; MORPHOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; THORAX;

ADOLESCENT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LEG; RISK FACTORS; THORAX;

EID: 85014564938     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdv203     Document Type: Article

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