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Association of body mass index and waist circumference with hypertension among school children in the age group of 5-16 years belonging to lower income group and middle income group in National Capital Territory of Delhi

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Hypertension is one of the most common diseases world-wide and the prevalence in school-aged children appears to be increasing perhaps as a result of increased prevalence of obesity. Thus, the present study was planned to establish an association between body mass index (B...

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Autores principales: Kapil, Umesh, Bhadoria, Ajeet Singh, Sareen, Neha, Kaur, Supreet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3830356/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24251210
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8210.119614