Adjusting Adiposity and Body Weight Measurements for Height Alters the Relationship With Blood Pressure in Children | Zendy

Amanda L. Willig | Zendy; K. Casazza | Zendy; Akilah DulinKeita | Zendy; Frank A. Franklin | Zendy; M. Amaya | Zendy; José R. Fernández | Zendy

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Adjusting Adiposity and Body Weight Measurements for Height Alters the Relationship With Blood Pressure in Children

Author(s) -

Amanda L. Willig,

K. Casazza,

Akilah DulinKeita,

Frank A. Franklin,

M. Amaya,

José R. Fernández

Publication year - 2010

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 - 10.1038/ajh.2010.82

Subject(s) - medicine , waist , body mass index , percentile , anthropometry , blood pressure , demography , population , logistic regression , linear regression , endocrinology , environmental health , statistics , mathematics , sociology

Adiposity measures are associated with increased pediatric blood pressure (BP). However, this correlation can be confounded by the relationship of both variables to height. We evaluated whether adiposity and anthropometric measures were associated with pediatric BP before and after adjusting each value for height.

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