Relationship Between Arterial Blood Pressure and Body Mass Index of School Age Children of Southern Region of Iran

Despite an increasing prevalence of obesity and hypertension in young age, there is limited information on the contribution of body mass index (BMI) to blood pressure (BP) in these populations, especially in developing countries. This study examines the association between BMI and BP in four populat...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Hosein Ataee Nakhaei, Reza Roghani, Mohsen Akhavan Sepahi, Amir Houshang Mehrparvar, Ahmad Shajari, Hamideh Shajari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2011-11-01
Series:Acta Medica Iranica
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Online Access:http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/19587.pdf&manuscript_id=19587
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spelling doaj-e794f92719284a48a21f1c2147a5c09b2020-11-25T03:39:32ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesActa Medica Iranica0044-60250173-59692011-11-014911737741Relationship Between Arterial Blood Pressure and Body Mass Index of School Age Children of Southern Region of IranMohammad Hosein Ataee NakhaeiReza RoghaniMohsen Akhavan SepahiAmir Houshang MehrparvarAhmad ShajariHamideh ShajariDespite an increasing prevalence of obesity and hypertension in young age, there is limited information on the contribution of body mass index (BMI) to blood pressure (BP) in these populations, especially in developing countries. This study examines the association between BMI and BP in four populations of school age children across southern region of Islamic republic of Iran.http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/19587.pdf&manuscript_id=19587Blood PressureBody Mass IndexHypertension
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author Mohammad Hosein Ataee Nakhaei
Reza Roghani
Mohsen Akhavan Sepahi
Amir Houshang Mehrparvar
Ahmad Shajari
Hamideh Shajari
spellingShingle Mohammad Hosein Ataee Nakhaei
Reza Roghani
Mohsen Akhavan Sepahi
Amir Houshang Mehrparvar
Ahmad Shajari
Hamideh Shajari
Relationship Between Arterial Blood Pressure and Body Mass Index of School Age Children of Southern Region of Iran
Acta Medica Iranica
Blood Pressure
Body Mass Index
Hypertension
author_facet Mohammad Hosein Ataee Nakhaei
Reza Roghani
Mohsen Akhavan Sepahi
Amir Houshang Mehrparvar
Ahmad Shajari
Hamideh Shajari
author_sort Mohammad Hosein Ataee Nakhaei
title Relationship Between Arterial Blood Pressure and Body Mass Index of School Age Children of Southern Region of Iran
title_short Relationship Between Arterial Blood Pressure and Body Mass Index of School Age Children of Southern Region of Iran
title_full Relationship Between Arterial Blood Pressure and Body Mass Index of School Age Children of Southern Region of Iran
title_fullStr Relationship Between Arterial Blood Pressure and Body Mass Index of School Age Children of Southern Region of Iran
title_full_unstemmed Relationship Between Arterial Blood Pressure and Body Mass Index of School Age Children of Southern Region of Iran
title_sort relationship between arterial blood pressure and body mass index of school age children of southern region of iran
publisher Tehran University of Medical Sciences
series Acta Medica Iranica
issn 0044-6025
0173-5969
publishDate 2011-11-01
description Despite an increasing prevalence of obesity and hypertension in young age, there is limited information on the contribution of body mass index (BMI) to blood pressure (BP) in these populations, especially in developing countries. This study examines the association between BMI and BP in four populations of school age children across southern region of Islamic republic of Iran.
topic Blood Pressure
Body Mass Index
Hypertension
url http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/19587.pdf&manuscript_id=19587
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