Association between high blood pressure and fitness and fatness in adolescents

  Introduction: Excess adiposity is considered the most important risk factor for high blood pressure (HBP) in children and adolescents. Objectives: To explore the association between HBP and overweight (OW) and abdominal obesity (AO), mediated by cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF). To analyze the...

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Main Authors: Carlos Mario Arango-Paternina, Felipe Lobelo, Diana Carolina Páez-Rubiano, José Alberto Petro-Petro, Mauricio Llano-Garcia, John Duperly-Sanchez, Diana Parra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2020-07-01
Series:Revista de la Facultad de Medicina
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Online Access:https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/revfacmed/article/view/77559