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Exploring Determinants of Secular Decreases in Childhood Blood Pressure and Hypertension

Author(s) -

YoungHo Khang,

John Lynch

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.110.014399

Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , prehypertension , body mass index , national health and nutrition examination survey , obesity , secular variation , waist , population , demography , socioeconomic status , anthropometry , pediatrics , environmental health , sociology

Childhood blood pressure is largely uninfluenced by medical treatment and behavioral changes associated with hypertension diagnosis. Examining secular trends in childhood blood pressure and its contributing factors will help us better understand population-level determinants of blood pressure and hypertension.

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