Hypertension and overweight among Turkish adolescents in a city in Aegean region of Turkey: a strong relationship in a population with a relatively low prevalence of overweight

Dinc G., Saatli G., Baydur H., Ozcan C.

ANATOLIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, vol.9, no.6, pp.450-456, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 9 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2009
  • Journal Name: ANATOLIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.450-456
  • Keywords: Overweight, hypertension, epidemiology, Turkish, adolescent, logistic regression analysis, BODY-MASS INDEX, BLOOD-PRESSURE, OBESE CHILDREN, RISK-FACTORS, TRENDS, PREHYPERTENSION
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: A school-based survey was performed in 1346 adolescents aged 15-18 years to determine the relationship between "overweight" and hypertension among adolescents in a western city in Turkey with a low prevalence of "overweight".