Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring and Blood Pressure Load in Obese Children
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Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring and Blood Pressure Load in Obese Children
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES This study was aimed at evaluating the significance of blood pressure (BP) load in ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) in obese children and adolescents. SUBJECTS AND METHODS ABPM was conducted for 60 selected patients who had visited Sunlin Hospital between January 2008 and August 2008. Patients were classified into 3 groups; an obese group whose body mass i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Korean Circulation Journal
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1738-5520
DOI: 10.4070/kcj.2009.39.11.482