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Correlates of hypertension among urban Asian Indian adolescents.
Archives of disease in childhood - 1 Dec 2010
Goel Ruchika, Misra Anoop, Agarwal Sunil K, Vikram Naval
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OBJECTIVE: Primary hypertension has become increasingly common in children but remains largely understudied, underdiagnosed and undertreated. This study examines the relationship between hypertension in adolescents and various markers of obesity, serum lipid levels, fasting blood glucose (FBG), haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and family history of hypertension. DESIGN/SETTINGS: A cross-sectional population-based study of...
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