The opposing trends of body mass index and blood pressure during 1977-2020; nationwide registry of 2.8 million male and female adolescents.

Boris FishmanYair ZloofOmri OrrAvishai M TsurAriel FurerMa'ayan Omer GilonGabriel ChodickAdi LeibaEstela DerazneDorit TzurArnon AfekEhud GrossmanGilad Twig

Published in: Cardiovascular diabetology (2021)

Despite the increase in body mass index over the last four decades, diastolic blood pressure decreased in both sexes while systolic blood pressure increased slightly in males and decreased in females.

Keyphrases

blood pressure
hypertensive patients
body mass index
heart rate
physical activity
young adults
left ventricular
cross sectional
weight gain
insulin resistance