ERICA: prevalences of hypertension and obesity in Brazilian adolescents

Vergetti Bloch, Kátia; Henrique Klein, Carlos; Szklo, Moysés; Cristina Caetano Kuschnir, Maria; de Azevedo Abreu, Gabriela; Augusta Barufaldi, Laura; Valéria da Veiga, Glória; D. Schaan, Beatriz; Luiz Nogueira da Silva, Thiago; Júlia Pantoja de Moraes, Ana; Mayra Andrade de Oliveira, Ana; Mendes Tavares, Bruno; da Silva Magliano, Erika; Lacroix de Oliveira, Cecília; de Freitas Cunha, Cristiane; Tavares Giannini, Denise; Rodrigues Belfort, Dilson; Lima Santos, Eduardo; Brosina de Leon, Elisa; Regina Araújo de Oliveira, Elizabete; Fujimori, Elizabeth; Luíza Borges, Ana; de Assis Guedes de Vasconcelos, Francisco; Dantas Azevedo, George; Soares Brunken, Gisela; Cristina Britto Guimarães, Isabel; Rocha Faria‐Neto, José; Souza Oliveira, Juliana; Mara Baiocchi de Carvalho, Kênia; Gonzaga de Oliveira Gonçalves, Luis; Inês Monteiro, Maria; M Santos, Marize; César Brandão Veiga Jardim, Paulo; Antônio Muniz Ferreira, Pedro; Magalhães Montenegro, Renan; Queiroz Gurgel, Ricardo; Pinheiro de Tolêdo Vianna, Rodrigo; Mary Vasconcelos, Sandra; Beres Lederer Goldberg, Tamara

doi:10.1590/s01518-8787.2016050006685

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ERICA: prevalences of hypertension and obesity in Brazilian adolescents

Published in Revista de Saúde Pública • Jan 1, 2016

Authors:

Kátia Vergetti Bloch

Carlos Henrique Klein

Moysés Szklo

Abstract

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of arterial hypertension and obesity and the population attributable fraction of hypertension that is due to obesity in Brazilian adolescents. METHODS Data from participants in the Brazilian Study of Cardiovascular Risks in Adolescents (ERICA), which was the firs...

Subject

Medicine

Obesity

Body mass index

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