Research Article
Preliminary Blood Pressure Screening in a Representative Sample of Extremely Obese Kuwaiti Adolescents
Table 2
Comparison of BMI and blood pressure parameters between non-obese and obese Kuwaiti adolescents (11–19 years of age).
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BMI: body mass index; BP: blood pressure; MAP: mean arterial blood pressure. Values are means (S.D). Elevated BP: defined as systolic and/or diastolic pressures >95th percentile for age. |