Trends in Blood Pressure and Body Mass Index Among Chinese Children and Adolescents From 2005 to 2010
Author(s) -
Bin Dong,
Haijun Wang,
Zhiqiang Wang,
J.-S. Liu,
Jianhua Ma
Publication year - 2013
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 - 10.1093/ajh/hpt050
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , blood pressure , confidence interval , obesity , diastole , endocrinology
The prevalence of obesity, based on body mass index (BMI), among Chinese children and adolescents has increased for decades, but the relationship between trends in blood pressure (BP) and increasing BMI has not been studied.
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