TY - JOUR AU - Devonshire, Ashley L. AU - Hager, Erin R. AU - Black, Maureen M. AU - Diener-West, Marie AU - Tilton, Nicholas AU - Snitker, Soren PY - 2016 DA - 2016/01/26 TI - Elevated blood pressure in adolescent girls: correlation to body size and composition JO - BMC Public Health SP - 78 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - To improve understanding of the pathophysiology of hypertension in adolescents and pave the way for risk stratification, studies have sought to determine the correlates of blood pressure (BP). Inconsistencies in dependent and independent variables have resulted in an elusive consensus. The aim of this report is to examine an inclusive array of correlates of BP, as a continuous (systolic and diastolic BP) and a dichotomous variable. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-2717-6 DO - 10.1186/s12889-016-2717-6 ID - Devonshire2016 ER -