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Associations between height and blood pressure in the United States population

The mechanisms linking short stature with an increase in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease risk remain elusive. This study tested the hypothesis that significant associations are present between height and blood pressure in a representative sample of the US adult population. Participants we...

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Autores principales: Bourgeois, Brianna, Watts, Krista, Thomas, Diana M., Carmichael, Owen, Hu, Frank B., Heo, Moonseong, Hall, John E., Heymsfield, Steven B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5815765/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29390353
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000009233