The Association of Hypertension with Obesity and Metabolic Abnormalities among Chinese Children

A total of 8898 Chinese children (4580 boys and 4318 girls) aged 7–13 years in 6 cities of east China were recruited. Data on height, weight, waist circumference, blood pressure, serum lipid profiles, glucose, and insulin were collected. The overall prevalence of hypertension was 11.1%. Overweight a...

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Main Authors: Xu, Haiquan, Hu, Xiaoqi, Zhang, Qian, Du, Songming, Fang, Hongyun, Li, Ying, Ma, Jun, Li, Tingyu, Du, Lin, Guo, Hongwei, Xu, Guifa, Liu, Ailing
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3235486/