Divergent secular trends in blood pressure and body mass index in children and adolescents in Hong Kong

Abstract Secular trends in blood pressure (BP) and body mass index (BMI) during childhood and adolescence are sentinels for the future population cardiovascular disease burden. We examined trends in BP z-score (ages 9–18 years from 1999 to 2014) and BMI z-score (ages 6–18 years from 1996 to 2014) in...

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Main Authors: Man Ki Kwok, Gabriel M. Leung, Thomas W. H. Chung, Karen K. Y. Lee, C. Mary Schooling
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/27e17b469ec1452b85e93282d18268d6
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