Components of height and blood pressure in childhood
Volume: 43, Issue: 1, Pages: 149 - 159
Published: Jan 10, 2014
Abstract
In children being taller is associated with higher blood pressure (BP), but few studies have divided height into its components: trunk and leg length. We examined the associations of total height, trunk length and leg length with systolic BP (SBP), diastolic BP (DBP) and pulse pressure (PP) at early childhood and mid-childhood visits, as well as change between the two visits.We obtained five measures of SBP and DBP at the early childhood visit...
Paper Details
Title
Components of height and blood pressure in childhood
Published Date
Jan 10, 2014
Volume
43
Issue
1
Pages
149 - 159
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