Association Between Abdominal Waist Circumference and Blood Pressure In Brazilian Adolescents With Normal Body Mass Index: Waist circumference and blood pressure in Adolescents

• Main Authors: Daiane Cristina Pazin (Author), Tatiana Lorena da Luz Kaestner (Author), Márcia Olandoski (Author), Cristina Pellegrino Baena (Author), Gabriela de Azevedo Abreu (Author), Maria Cristina Caetano Kuschnir (Author), Katia Vergetti Bloch (Author), José Rocha Faria-Neto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Ubiquity Press, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Obesity is the most common chronic disease in adolescents. In adults, waist circumference (WC) is associated with the presence of cardiovascular risk factors and is also a better predictor of cardiovascular (CV) risk than body mass index (BMI). The association between WC and CV risk factors in adole...