The correlation of blood pressure with height and weight in Korean adolescents aged 10-19 years; The Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (2009-2011)

The correlation of blood pressure with height and weight in Korean adolescents aged 10-19 years; The Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (2009-2011)

PurposeHeight-specific blood pressure (BP) is the standard parameter used to diagnose childhood hypertension. However, there has been some argument that weight may be a better variable than height in the reference BP standards. Therefore, before assessing the BP status using the reference BP standar...

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Main Author: Young-Hwan Song
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Pediatric Society 2014-01-01
Series:Korean Journal of Pediatrics
Subjects:
Blood pressure
Body height
Body weight
Adolescent
Obesity
Online Access:http://kjp.or.kr/upload/pdf/kjped-57-35.pdf

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