Open AccessAssociation of adiposity with Pulse pressure amongst Gujarati Indian adolescents
Author(s) -
Wasim A Shaikh,
Minal Patel,
Sanjeet Singh Avtaar Singh
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.69267
Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , overweight , waist , body mass index , gujarati , obesity , endocrinology , pulse pressure , body fat percentage , lipid profile , cholesterol , philosophy , linguistics
The current study was conducted to determine the effect of adiposity on vascular distensibility in Gujarati Indian adolescents as research indicating the pathogenesis of hypertension among overweight and/or obese Indian adolescents is scant and ethnic differences exist in the pathogenesis of hypertension