In-school adolescents’ weight status and blood pressure profile in South-western Nigeria: urban-rural comparison

BACKGROUND: Obesity is a risk factor for hypertension. The study observed the relationship between adolescent weight status and blood pressure (BP) and the determinants of the BP pattern in urban and rural areas. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study of 1000 randomly selected respondents (500 fr...

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Autores principales: Omisore, Akinlolu Gabriel, Omisore, Bridget, Abioye-Kuteyi, Emmanuel Akintunde, Bello, Ibrahim Sebutu, Olowookere, Samuel Anu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5787246/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29423239
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40608-018-0179-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5787246/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29423239
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40608-018-0179-3

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