Recent blood pressure trends in adolescents from China, Korea, Seychelles and the United States of America, 1997-2012.

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Abstract

Although the prevalence of obesity is increasing worldwide, secular trends in elevated blood pressure (BP) differ across populations. We aimed to compare recent BP and obesity trends in adolescents aged 10-19 years in China, Korea, Seychelles and the United States of America.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J. Hypertens.

Title: Journal of hypertension

Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

ISSN (Electronic): 1473-5598

ISSN (Print): 0263-6352

Publication date (Electronic): October 2016

Volume: 34

Issue: 10

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[1 ] aDepartment of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan, China bInstitute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland cDepartment of Pediatrics, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea dDepartment of Growth and Development, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China eDepartment of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada fDepartment of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan, China gDepartment of Epidemiology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA hDepartment of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan, China *Bo Xi, Pascal Bovet and Young M. Hong are co-first authors.

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DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000001058

PubMed ID: 27467766

SO-VID: b9e2122b-5f37-4f8c-b56b-8759cba2a78f

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