Prevalence of systemic hypertension in students aged 7 to 14 years in the municipality of Barbacena, in the State of Minas Gerais, in 1999

Prevalence of systemic hypertension in students aged 7 to 14 years in the municipality of Barbacena, in the State of Minas Gerais, in 1999

OBJECTIVE: To detect the prevalence of systemic hypertension in children and to establish the relation between blood pressure levels and sex, age, ethnicity, weight, and height. METHODS: The prevalence of systemic hypertension and its relation to sex, age, ethnicity, weight, and height were studied...

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Main Authors: Dilermando Fazito de Rezende, Ricardo Augusto Baêta Scarpelli, Guenael Freire de Souza, José Orleans da Costa, Adelaide Maria Baêta Scarpelli, Paulo Antônio Scarpelli, Guilherme Bahia de Carvalho, Hélius Moreira D'Agostini, Josuela Cabral Pedrosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2003-10-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
Subjects:
hypertension
children
epidemiology
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