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Childhood adiposity trajectories are associated with late adolescent blood pressure: birth to twenty cohort

BACKGROUND: Elevated blood pressure in childhood is a risk factor for adult hypertension which is a global health problem. Excess adiposity in childhood creates a predisposition to develop adult hypertension. Our aim was to explore distinct sex-specific adiposity trajectories from childhood to late...

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Autores principales: Munthali, Richard J., Kagura, Juliana, Lombard, Zané, Norris, Shane A.
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/PMC4966706/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27473865
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3337-x