Relationship between BMI and blood pressure in girls and boys

[摘要] AimTo 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.MethodsData 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 weight (

[学科分类] 卫生学

[关键词] Body mass index;Obesity;Blood pressure;Overweight