Distribution of blood pressure & correlates of hypertension in school children aged 5-14 years from North East India

Distribution of blood pressure & correlates of hypertension in school children aged 5-14 years from North East India

Background & objectives: Elevated blood pressure (BP) in the young predicts serious cardiovascular events in the adults. High prevalence of adult hypertension reported from Assam, North East (NE) India may be linked with elevated blood pressure in the childhood. The present study was an attempt...

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Main Authors: Prasanta Kr Borah, Utpala Devi, Dipankar Biswas, Hem Ch Kalita, Meenakshi Sharma, Jagadish Mahanta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Medical Research
Subjects:
Hypertension - North-East India - prevalence - school children
Online Access:http://www.ijmr.org.in/article.asp?issn=0971-5916;year=2015;volume=142;issue=3;spage=293;epage=300;aulast=Borah

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