Body mass index, waist circumference, body fat mass, and risk of developing hypertension in normal-weight children and adolescents

• Published in: Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases Vol. 28; no. 10; pp. 1061 - 1066
• Main Authors: Xu, R.Y., Zhou, Y.Q., Zhang, X.M., Wan, Y.P., Gao, X.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.10.2018
• Subjects: Adiposity; Adolescent; Age Factors; Blood Pressure; Body Mass Index; Body mass index (BMI); Child; Children; China - epidemiology; Female; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension - diagnosis; Hypertension - epidemiology; Hypertension - physiopathology; Incidence; Male; Percentage of body fat (PBF); Prospective Studies; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Waist Circumference; Waist circumference (WC); China; Hypertension; Percentage of body fat (PBF); Children; Body mass index (BMI); Waist circumference (WC)

We prospectively examined the association between three adiposity indices, including body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and percentage of body fat (PBF), and risk of hypertension in normal-weight Chinese children. The current study included 1526 (713 boys and 813 girls) normal-weight C...