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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...
Autores principales: | Abdulle, Abdishakur, Al-Junaibi, Abdulla, Nagelkerke, Nicolaas |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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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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