estimating blood pressure in children and adolescents: should body weight be included?
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Because growth and development affect anthropometric variables including, height, body weight, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), skin‐fold thickness, and the blood pressure (BP) age‐ and sex‐specific growth curves have to be established in children and adolescents. Furthermore, comparisons of multiethnic populations must regard ethnic differences including, genetic, environmental...
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international journal of preventive medicineجلد ۴، شماره ۴، صفحات ۳۸۱-۰
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