Racial Differences of Pediatric Hypertension in Relation to Birth Weight and Body Size in the United States.

The prevalence of hypertension is known to differ by racial group in adults in the United States (US), but findings in children are scarce and inconsistent. The objective of this study was to assess the racial differences in pediatric hypertension and to explore whether these differences, if any, ca...

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Main Authors: Liwei Chen, Neal Simonsen, Li Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4503635?pdf=render