Associations of blood pressure with body composition among Afro-Caribbean children in Barbados.

Associations of blood pressure with body composition among Afro-Caribbean children in Barbados.

Despite complex presentation of adult hypertension and a concomitant obesity epidemic, little is known about overweight in relation to blood pressure among Caribbean children. We examined blood pressure in relation to body size in a cross-sectional study of 573 Barbadian children aged 9-10 years (20...

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Main Authors: Pamela S Gaskin, Ryan V Hall, Peter Chami, Margaret A St John, David A Gaskin, Oarabile R Molaodi, Seeromanie Harding
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4376905?pdf=render

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