The association between components of height and blood pressure among children and adolescents in Shandong, China

Int J Cardiol. 2015 Mar 1:182:18-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.01.008. Epub 2015 Jan 5.

Authors

Ying-xiu Zhang¹, Jin-shan Zhao², Zun-hua Chu², Lian-sen Wang²

Affiliations

¹ Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong University Institute of Preventive Medicine, Shandong, China. Electronic address: sdcdczyx@163.com.
² Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shandong University Institute of Preventive Medicine, Shandong, China.

PMID: 25594926
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.01.008

No abstract available

Keywords: Blood pressure; Child and adolescent; Leg length; Sitting height; Sitting height to height ratio.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Blood Pressure / physiology*
Body Height*
Child
China / epidemiology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Incidence
Male
Prehypertension / epidemiology*
Prehypertension / physiopathology