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Multifactorial correlates of blood pressure in South Asian children in Canada: a cross-sectional study.

Adeleke O FowokanZubin PunthakeeCharlotte WaddellMiriam RosinKatherine Mary MorrisonMilan GuptaSumathy RangarajanKoon TeoScott Lear
Published in: BMJ open (2019)
Our findings suggest that variables, such as age, sex, height, adiposity and heart rate, provide stronger explanatory capacity to BP variance and hypertension risk than other variables in South Asian children.
Keyphrases
  • blood pressure
  • heart rate
  • heart rate variability
  • young adults
  • hypertensive patients
  • body mass index
  • insulin resistance
  • risk factors
  • type diabetes
  • adipose tissue