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Prehypertension and Obesity in AdolescentsA Population Study

Author(s) -

Eran Israeli,

T SCHOCHAT,

Z. Korzets,

Dorit Tekes-Manova,

J. Bernheim,

Eliezer Golan

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

american journal of hypertension

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009

H-Index - 136

eISSN - 1941-7225

pISSN - 0895-7061

DOI - 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2006.01.012

Subject(s) - medicine , prehypertension , obesity , population , blood pressure , environmental health

Current blood pressure (BP) classification is based on the recent recommendations of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC-7) and the 2003 European Society of Hypertension-European Society of Cardiology Guidelines for the Management of Arterial Hypertension. The JNC-7 introduced a new concept, prehypertension, and recommended health-promoting lifestyle modifications for these individuals. Obesity is also recognized as a major risk factor for the development of hypertension. We aimed to determine the prevalence of hypertension and obesity in a large cohort of adolescents and to assess whether prehypertension and body mass index (BMI) increase with increasing age.

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