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Association of neck circumference and high blood pressure in children and adolescents: a case–control study

BACKGROUND: High blood pressure (BP) is a serious, common and growing global public health problem. The aim of this study was to evaluate the associations between high NC (neck circumference) alone and in combinations with BMI (body mass index), WC (waist circumference), and high BP among Lithuanian...

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Autores principales: Kuciene, Renata, Dulskiene, Virginija, Medzioniene, Jurate
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4574610/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26383844
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-015-0444-2