Open AccessPrevalence of Abnormal Lipid and Blood Pressure Values Among an Ethnically Diverse Population of Eighth-Grade Adolescents and Screening Implications
Author(s) -
Russell Jago,
Joanne S. Harrell,
Robert G. McMurray,
Sharon L. Edelstein,
Laure El ghormli,
Stanley Bassin
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.611
H-Index - 345
eISSN - 1098-4275
pISSN - 0031-4005
DOI - 10.1542/peds.2005-1716
Subject(s) - overweight , medicine , percentile , blood pressure , cholesterol , population , demography , prehypertension , obesity , endocrinology , environmental health , sociology , statistics , mathematics
Our goal was to report the prevalence of elevated blood pressure and lipid levels among eighth-grade adolescents from 3 US locations and differences by gender, ethnicity, and overweight percentile group.