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Sex, Obesity, and Blood Pressure Among African American Adolescents: The Jackson Heart KIDS Pilot Study.

American journal of hypertension - 1 Sept 2017

Bruce Marino A, Beech Bettina M, Norris Keith C, Griffith Derek M, Sims Mario, Thorpe Roland J

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BACKGROUND: This study examined the degree to which sex, weight status, and the presence of hypertension and obesity in parents/grandparents were associated with systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressure (BP) among African American youth in a pilot offspring study examining obesity-related cardiovascular disease (CVD) risks among adolescents. RESULTS: Fully adjusted linear regression models of the total...

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PMID: 28633388
DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpx071
PMCID: PMC5861532

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