Blood Pressure Elevation Associated With Sleep-Related Breathing Disorder in a Community Sample of White and Hispanic Children

Volume: 157, Issue: 9, Pages: 901 - 901
Published: Sep 1, 2003
Abstract

Background

The Tucson Children's Assessment of Sleep Apnea study (TuCASA) was designed to investigate the prevalence and correlates of objectively measured sleep-related breathing disorder (SBD) in preadolescent Hispanic and white children.

Objective

To describe the associations of SBD and elevation in resting blood pressure in the first 239 children enrolled in TuCASA.

Design

Children between the ages of 6 and 11...
Paper Details
Title
Blood Pressure Elevation Associated With Sleep-Related Breathing Disorder in a Community Sample of White and Hispanic Children
Published Date
Sep 1, 2003
Volume
157
Issue
9
Pages
901 - 901
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