The Relationship Between Blood Pressure and Sleep Duration in Turkish Children: A Cross-Sectional Study
Author(s) -
Cengiz Bal,
Ahmet Öztürk,
Betül Çiçek,
Ahmet Özdemir,
Gökmen Zararsız,
Demet Ünalan,
Gözde Ertürk Zararsız,
Selçuk Korkmaz,
Dinçer Göksülük,
Vahap Eldem,
Sevda İsmailoğulları,
Emine Erdem,
M. Mümtaz Mazıcıoğlu,
Selim Kurtoğlu
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical research in pediatric endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.566
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1308-5735
pISSN - 1308-5727
DOI - 10.4274/jcrpe.4557
Subject(s) - medicine , prehypertension , blood pressure , cross sectional study , body mass index , odds ratio , logistic regression , risk factor , demography , turkish , pediatrics , confidence interval , physical therapy , pathology , sociology , linguistics , philosophy
As in adults, hypertension is also an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease in children. We aimed to evaluate the effect of sleep duration on blood pressure in normal weight Turkish children aged between 11-17 years.
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