Child weight status and high blood pressure from 6 to 12 years of age: results from the PREDI cohort study
Excessive BMI in children increased the risk of high BP in Brazilian children from 6 to 12 years of age. Special attention must be paid to children under 12 years of age with excess body weight to mitigate the onset of cardiovascular diseases throughout life.
Authors
- Silmara Salete de Barros Silva Mastroeni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0559-1797)
- Cecília Burigo Corrêa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8176-8334)
- Marco Fábio Mastroeni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9276-8866)
- Aline Krein Moletta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3322-8100)
Institutions
- Universidade da Região de Joinville (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Published
- 2025-11-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/mbp.0000000000000786
- Primary Topic
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00