First report on simplified diagnostic criteria for pre-hypertension and hypertension in a national sample of adolescents from the Middle East and North Africa: the CASPIAN-III study

First report on simplified diagnostic criteria for pre-hypertension and hypertension in a national sample of adolescents from the Middle East and North Africa: the CASPIAN-III study

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Objective: This study aimed to simplify the diagnostic criteria of pre-hypertension (pre- HTN) and hypertension (HTN) in the pediatric age group, and to determine the accuracy of these simple indexes in a nationally-representative sample of Iranian children and adolescents. Method: The diagnostic ac...

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Main Authors: Roya Kelishadi, Ramin Heshmat, Gelayol Ardalan, Mostafa Qorbani, Mahnaz Taslimi, Parinaz Poursafa, Kasra Keramatian, Majzoubeh Taheri, Mohammad-Esmaeil Motlagh
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Elsevier 2014-01-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria (Versão em Português)
Subjects:
Blood pressure
Screening
Pre-hypertension
Hypertension
Adolescence
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2255553614000032

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