High blood pressure and its association with body weight among children and adolescents in the United Arab Emirates

To estimate the prevalence of high blood pressure (BP) and its relationship with obesity among children and adolescents. In this cross-sectional population (Emirati) representative study, we invited a random sample of 1600 students (grades 1-12) attending 23 out of all 246 schools in the Emirate of...

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Main Authors: Abdulle, Abdishakur, Al-Junaibi, Abdulla, Nagelkerke, Nicolaas
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Adolescent
Adolescent obesity
Adolescents
Age
Analysis
Biology
Blood
Blood pressure
Blood Pressure - physiology
Body mass
Body Mass Index
Body size
Body weight
Body Weight - physiology
Child
Child health
Childhood obesity
Children
Consent
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diabetes
Disease prevention
Epidemiology
Female
Girls
Health risk assessment
Health sciences
Humans
Hypertension
Hypertension - physiopathology
Male
Medicine
Obesity
Pediatrics
Population
Population studies
Regression analysis
Schools
Sex
Social networks
Students
Studies
Teenagers
Trends
United Arab Emirates
Waist Circumference - physiology
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subjects Adolescent
Adolescent obesity
Adolescents
Age
Analysis
Biology
Blood
Blood pressure
Blood Pressure - physiology
Body mass
Body Mass Index
Body size
Body weight
Body Weight - physiology
Child
Child health
Childhood obesity
Children
Consent
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diabetes
Disease prevention
Epidemiology
Female
Girls
Health risk assessment
Health sciences
Humans
Hypertension
Hypertension - physiopathology
Male
Medicine
Obesity
Pediatrics
Population
Population studies
Regression analysis
Schools
Sex
Social networks
Students
Studies
Teenagers
Trends
United Arab Emirates
Waist Circumference - physiology
title High blood pressure and its association with body weight among children and adolescents in the United Arab Emirates
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