TY - JOUR
AU - Jafar, Tazeen H.
AB - re vie wer COMM e NTA r Y nature publishing group See ARTICLE page 52 Children, Obesity, and High Blood Pressure: Asian Populations at High Risk 1–3 Tazeen H. Jafar hildhood obesity is increasingly being recognized the small sample size, low overall recruitment rate (40%), as a major public health problem worldwide. high proportion of drop-outs (54%) and with characteristics Elevated blood pressure (BP) in youth has been that can potentially influence BP levels (e.g., more obese, associated with increased atherosclerosis, and less physically activity), and lack of data on pubertal staging. C tracks into adulthood. Hypertension is a leading However, the number of children enrolled in the study was contributor to the global burden of cardiovascular morbidity adequate for detection of significant interactions between and mortality. ethnicity and obesity indices on BP. These interactions were In this issue of AJH, Ke and colleagues present their impor- consistent in both cross- sectional and prospective compo- tant work which highlights the enhanced susceptibility of nents of the study, and were present regardless of whether South East (SE) Asian-origin children in Sydney to obesity and the key variables were expressed as continuous or categorical associated hypertension. terms, adding strength to the 
TI - Children, Obesity, and High Blood Pressure: Asian Populations at High Risk
JF - American Journal of Hypertension
DO - 10.1038/ajh.2008.339
DA - 2009-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/children-obesity-and-high-blood-pressure-asian-populations-at-high-Mv1qPRwrWT
SP - 6
EP - 7
VL - 22
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -