Relationship between BMI and blood pressure in girls and boys

Public Health Nutrition

Zuhal Gundogdu¹ 

关键词: Body mass index;    Obesity;    Blood pressure;    Overweight;   

DOI  :  10.1017/S1368980008002280

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Cambridge University Press

【 摘 要 】

AimTo investigate the relationship between BMI and blood pressure as this is of crucial interest in evaluating both public health and the clinical impact of the so-called obesity epidemic.MethodsData were gathered from 1899 children aged between 6 and 14 years, analysing and evaluating a possible relationship between BMI and systolic and diastolic blood pressure values for both girls and boys. Each child was classified on the basis of age- and sex-specific BMI percentile as normal weight (

【 授权许可】

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