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Ethnicity and tracking blood pressure in children

Journal of Human Hypertension volume 18, pages 223–228 (2004)Cite this article

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There is growing evidence1 that hypertension, one of the major modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD), is established early in life. Given this, it is important to discover when hypertension first becomes apparent. Further, it is of particular importance to examine the ethnic differences in blood pressure (BP) in children, given the variation in rates of CVD morbidity and mortality among adults from different ethnic groups.2

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Lane, D., Gill, P. Ethnicity and tracking blood pressure in children. J Hum Hypertens 18, 223–228 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jhh.1001674

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