Prevalence of hypertension and prehypertension in schoolchildren from Central India

• Main Authors: Ashish Patel (Author), Anil Bharani (Author), Meenakshi Sharma (Author), Anuradha Bhagwat (Author), Neepa Ganguli (Author), Dharampal Singh Chouhan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Epidemiological transition with increasing burden of cardiovascular risk factors is evident not only in adults but also in children. The data on the prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension in children show large regional differences in India and such data are not available from Ce...