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Blood Pressure
Research from Z. Gundogdu and co-authors reveals new findings on blood pressure in children
October 21st, 2008
Current study results from the report, 'Relationship between BMI and blood pressure in girls and boys,' have been published. In this recent study, researchers in Kocaeli, Turkey conducted a study "To investigate the relationship between BMI and blood pressure as this is of crucial interest in evaluating both public health and the clinical impact of the so-called obesity epidemic. Data were gathered from 1899 children aged between 6 and 14 years, analysing and evaluating a possible relationship between BMI and systolic and diastolic blood pressure values for both girls and boys." "Each child was classified on the basis of age-and sex-specific BMI percentile as normal...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-10-21)
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