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Waist-to-height-ratio is associated with sustained hypertension in children and adolescents with high office blood pressure

BACKGROUND: Waist-to-height-ratio (WHtR) has been proposed as another indicator for cardiometabolic risk factors including hypertension. Normally, hypertension can be diagnosed in the office setting by detecting high blood pressure for three occasions. However, patients with high office blood pressu...

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Autores principales: Nimkarn, Norrarath, Sewarit, Anyamanee, Pirojsakul, Kwanchai, Paksi, Witchuri, Chantarogh, Songkiat, Saisawat, Pawaree, Tangnararatchakit, Kanchana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9874100/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36712271
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2022.1026606