High Blood Pressure and Its Association with Body Weight among Children and Adolescents in the United Arab Emirates

Abdishakur Abdulle, Abdulla Al-Junaibi and Nicolaas Nagelkerke

PLOS ONE, 2014, vol. 9, issue 1, 1-5

Abstract: Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of high blood pressure (BP) and its relationship with obesity among children and adolescents. Methodology/Principal Findings: 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 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. But analysis was restricted to Emirati nationals aged 6–17 years. We measured BP, height, weight, waist circumferences (WC), and calculated body mass index (BMI) by standard methods. BP levels ≥90th percentile but

Date: 2014
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