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The population-based prevalence of hypertension and correlates of blood pressure among Australian children.

Nicholas G LarkinsArmando Teixeira-PintoSiah KimDavid P BurgnerJonathan C Craig
Published in: Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) (2019)
Using the AAP guidelines is likely to substantially increase the population prevalence of hypertension. The association between BMI and BP was strongest and non-linear for obese children, who should be the focus of interventional trials.
Keyphrases
  • blood pressure
  • young adults
  • risk factors
  • hypertensive patients
  • heart rate
  • adipose tissue
  • body mass index
  • type diabetes
  • weight gain
  • insulin resistance
  • neural network