Percentiles of waist–hip ratio and the relationship with blood pressure among children and adolescents in Shandong, China

@article{Zhang2014PercentilesOW,
  title={Percentiles of waist–hip ratio and the relationship with blood pressure among children and adolescents in Shandong, China},
  author={Ying-Xiu Zhang and Shu-rong Wang and Jing-yang Zhou and Jin-shan Zhao and Zun-hua Chu},
  journal={Annals of Human Biology},
  year={2014},
  volume={41},
  pages={383 - 388},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:22361065}
}
WHR is useful in identifying children and adolescents at risk of developing high BP and the importance of preventing overweight and obesity among children and adolescence in order to prevent the development of hypertension in adults is highlighted.
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