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Waist Circumference is Associated with Blood Pressure in Children with Normal Body Mass Index: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of 3,417 School Children

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of childhood obesity and associated conditions, such as hypertension, has become a major problem of public health. Although waist circumference (WC) is a marker of cardiovascular risk in adults, it is unclear whether this index is associated with cardiovascular risk factor...

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Autores principales: Pazin, Daiane Cristina, Rosaneli, Caroline Filla, Olandoski, Márcia, de Oliveira, Edna Regina Netto, Baena, Cristina Pellegrino, Figueredo, Alyne S, Baraniuk, Analin Ono, Kaestner, Tatiana Lorena da Luz, Guarita-Souza, Luiz Cesar, Faria-Neto, José Rocha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - SBC 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29185613
http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/abc.20170162