High blood pressure in school children: prevalence and risk factors

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of high blood pressure (HBP) and associated risk factors in school children 8 to 13 years of age. METHODS: Elementary school children (n = 1,066) were examined. Associations between HBP, body mass index (BMI), gender, ethnicity, a...

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Autores principales: Urrutia-Rojas, Ximena, Egbuchunam, Christie U, Bae, Sejong, Menchaca, John, Bayona, Manuel, Rivers, Patrick A, Singh, Karan P
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1657006/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17109750
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-6-32

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1657006/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17109750
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-6-32

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