Titre : | Determination of Blood Pressure Percentiles in Normal-Weight Children : Some Methodological Issues. (2008) |
Auteurs : | B. ROSNER ; N. COOK ; DANIELS (S.) : USA. University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center. University of Colorado. Denver. CO. ; FALKNER (B.) : USA. Department of Medicine. Jefferson Medical College. Thomas Jefferson University. Philadelphia. PA. ; PORTMAN (R.) : USA. University of Texas at Houston Health Science Center. University of Texas. Houston. TX. |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | American journal of epidemiology (vol. 167, n° 6, 2008) |
Pagination : | 653-666 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Pression artérielle ; Enfant ; Méthodologie ; Modèle ; Pédiatrie ; Epidémiologie ; Homme |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS 9R0x788C. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Blood pressure in children has consistently been related to adult blood pressure, with implications for long-term prevention of cardiovascular disease. The epidemic of obesity in children has resulted in corresponding increases in childhood blood pressure. In this paper, the authors develop norms for childhood blood pressure among normal-weight children (body mass index |