Factors associated with blood pressure disorders in Afro-descendant children and adolescents.

Fernando Rodrigues Peixoto QuaresmaErika da Silva MacielFrancisco Winter Dos Santos FigueiredoFernando Adami

Published in: BMC pediatrics (2019)

Most children and adolescents in "Quilombola" communities had normal blood pressure. However, higher levels of dyslipidemia and low calcium intake are factors associated with prehypertension in the population studied with high BP.

Keyphrases

blood pressure
hypertensive patients
heart rate
blood glucose
metabolic syndrome
physical activity
adipose tissue