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Elevated blood pressure in adolescent girls: correlation to body size and composition

BACKGROUND: To improve understanding of the pathophysiology of hypertension in adolescents and pave the way for risk stratification, studies have sought to determine the correlates of blood pressure (BP). Inconsistencies in dependent and independent variables have resulted in an elusive consensus. T...

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Autores principales: Devonshire, Ashley L., Hager, Erin R., Black, Maureen M., Diener-West, Marie, Tilton, Nicholas, Snitker, Soren
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4729122/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26812968
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-2717-6