Background: Hypertension has gained global significance and risk of cardiovascular
disease, and adiposity is the most important of the conditions associated with and …

Objective Given the South Asian phenotype of higher body fat at similar body mass index
(BMI) relative to Caucasians, we sought to explore the association between prominent …

Background Obesity and obesity-related diseases are one of the common health problems
worldwide and have also been proposed to be important predictors of blood pressure and …

Background Hypertension is related to increased body fat, which can be evaluated by
anthropometric indicators. The aim of this study was to determine the predictive power of …

Background Hypertension is one of the major causes of death in developed and
underdeveloped nations. Essential hypertension and obesity may have their inception in …

The present study investigated the relationship between blood pressure (BP), fat patterns
and fitness parameters of Ellisras children aged 7–13 years. Furthermore, an assessment of …

Background The association of adiposity during childhood with future risk of elevated blood
pressure (BP) in South Asian children is not known. We aimed to investigate the relationship …

Background: The correlation between high blood pressure (BP) and overweight in children
is widely acknowledged, although the role of body fat distribution in this association remains …

Adiposity is closely related to elevated blood pressure (BP); however, which adiposity
indicator is the best predictor of elevated BP among children and adolescents is unclear. To …

Obesity is a major risk factor for elevated blood pressure in children. 1-4 For instance, in a
school-based study of 5207 children aged 10-12 years, the prevalence of hypertension …