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Associations of Blood Pressure with Body Composition among Afro-Caribbean Children in Barbados

Despite complex presentation of adult hypertension and a concomitant obesity epidemic, little is known about overweight in relation to blood pressure among Caribbean children. We examined blood pressure in relation to body size in a cross-sectional study of 573 Barbadian children aged 9–10 years (20...

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Autores principales: Gaskin, Pamela S., Hall, Ryan V., Chami, Peter, St. John, Margaret A., Gaskin, David A., Molaodi, Oarabile R., Harding, Seeromanie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4376905/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25815726
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121107