Prevalence of hypertension in schoolchildren based on repeated measurements and association with overweight

2007248 citationsJournal Article

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Arnaud Chioléro · Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine

François Cachat · University Hospital of Lausanne

Abstract

The proportion of children with elevated BP based on one visit was five times higher than based on three measurements taken at few-week intervals. Our data re-emphasize the need for prevention and control of overweight in children to curb the global hypertension burden.

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Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Nutritional Studies and Diet Health and Lifestyle Studies

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Published in: Journal of Hypertension

Volume 25, Issue 11, pp. 2209-2217

DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0b013e3282ef48b2

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