Introduction Hypertension is a major public health problem globally and it is a leading cause
of death and disability in developing countries. This review aims to estimate the pooled …

There is growing concern about elevated blood pressure in children and adolescents,
because of its association with the obesity epidemic. Moreover, cardiovascular function and …

We evaluated the combined effect of obesity and family history (FH) on the risk of
hypertension in adolescents. We studied 1288 school‐aged adolescents aged 16.0±0.5 …

Association Between Family History and Hypertension Among Ch... : Medicine Association
Between Family History and Hypertension Among Chinese Elderly : Medicine Log in or …

BACKGROUND: Few studies have identified health-related criterion standards of percent
body fat (% BF) in US youth. Further, existing standards are static thresholds (eg, 25%, 30%) …

Background Whilst the burden of non-communicable diseases is increasing in developing
countries, little data is available on blood pressure among Tanzanian children. This study …

Background The problem of cardiovascular diseases and lack of adequate information
about the blood pressure profiles among children in South Africa has enormous …

Abstract Background and aims In Italy, the prevalence of hypertension, obesity and
overweight in paediatric patients has increased in the past years. The purpose of this study …

Objective To investigate which of two indexes (TyG or TG/HDL) are the best predictors for
insulin resistance (IR) and to evaluate the magnitude of each cardiometabolic risk factor in …

It has been suggested that the triglyceride and glucose (TyG) index is an early indicator for
type 2 diabetes (T2D) in adults. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate whether the TyG …