Preliminary Blood Pressure Screening in a Representative Sample of Extremely Obese Kuwaiti Adolescents

• Asıl Yazarlar: Rima Abdul Razzak (Yazar), Asma Elmteri (Yazar), Taiba Elkanderi (Yazar), Fareedah Ishaq (Yazar), Munera Eljasem (Yazar), Saja AlDuraie (Yazar), Jenan Al-Boloushi (Yazar), Fatma Elbanay (Yazar), Latifa Eldabos (Yazar)
• Materyal Türü: Kitap
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Hindawi Limited, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Konular: article
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A relationship between blood pressure (BP) and obesity has been found in young adults, but no data are available for adolescents in Kuwait. 257 adolescent (11-19 years) participants were categorized into two groups according to their BMI; 48 nonobese (21 males: 43.7% and 27 females: 56.3%) with mean...