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DIVERGERNCE OF BLOOD PRESSURE BY RACE IN ADOLESCENT GIRLS

$28,540M01FY2001RRNIH

Children'S Hospital Med Ctr (Cincinnati), Cincinnati OH

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Abstract

To assess longitudinal changes and interrelationships among potential hemodynamic factors which define the association between developing obesity and blood pressure elevation and could provide basis for clinical strategies to interrupt the pathophysiologic process by which obesity leads to hypertension and increased risk for cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality. The second of four years of data collection was completed in September 1998. Data collection will continue for two additional years. Data analysis has begun.

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