Open AccessBudding adult hypertensives with modifiable risk factors: "Catch them young"
Author(s) -
Aravind Selvin Kumar Ramanathan,
Prabha Senguttuvan,
Vel Prakash,
Appasamy Vengadesan,
Rajendiran Padmaraj
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of family and community medicine/maǧalaẗ ṭib al-usraẗ wa al-muǧtamaʼ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-340X
pISSN - 1319-1683
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8229.172232
Subject(s) - medicine , overweight , body mass index , obesity , odds ratio , confidence interval , anthropometry , blood pressure , demography , pediatrics , family history , sociology
Since the data of primary hypertension (HT) in children is scanty in India, this study attempted to evaluate HT by a multidimensional investigation of the various risk factors in children and adolescents.