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Analysis of different anthropometric indicators in the detection of high blood pressure in school adolescents: a cross-sectional study with 8295 adolescents

BACKGROUND: High blood pressure is strongly associated with obesity in different populations. However, it is unclear whether different anthropometric indicators of obesity can satisfactorily predict high blood pressure in the school setting. OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated the sensitivity and speci...

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Autores principales: Christofaro, Diego G.D., Farah, Breno Q., Vanderlei, Luiz Carlos M., Delfino, Leandro D., Tebar, William R., Barros, Mauro Virgílio G. de, Ritti-Dias, Raphael M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Departamento de Fisioterapia da Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5816077/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29169996
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjpt.2017.10.007