High Blood Pressure and Its Association with Body Weight among Children and Adolescents in the United Arab Emirates

OBJECTIVES: To estimate the prevalence of high blood pressure (BP) and its relationship with obesity among children and adolescents. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: In this cross-sectional population (Emirati) representative study, we invited a random sample of 1600 students (grades 1–12) attending...

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Autores principales: Abdulle, Abdishakur, Al-Junaibi, Abdulla, Nagelkerke, Nicolaas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3896369/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24465493
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085129

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3896369/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24465493
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085129

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