Adolescent Obesity, Change in Weight Status, and Hypertension
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Adolescent obesity, change in weight status, and hypertension: racial/ethnic variations.
We sought to determine whether change in weight status between adolescence and young adulthood was associated with the risk of developing hypertension among adolescents and whether sex and racial/ethnic group differences existed in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. The sample was restricted to participants who self-identified as black, Hispanic, or white non-Hispanic (n=8543...
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The overall prevalence of essential hypertension in adolescents may be growing. Differences in blood pressure (BP) are well established in adults, but are less clear in adolescents. We hypothesize that the prevalence of hypertension differs by race/ethnicity among adolescents at school-based screenings. METHODS We performed school-based BP screening in over 20 000 ad...
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عنوان ژورنال: Hypertension
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0194-911X,1524-4563
DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.111.00214