Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 40, Issue 2 , Pages 166-172 , February 2007

Dietary and Lifestyle Factors Associated with Blood Pressure among U.S. Adolescents

This study was presented in part at the Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association, Dallas, TX, November 13, 2005 and the American Heart Association 46th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, Phoenix, AZ, March 3, 2006.

  • Takehiro Sugiyama

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Dawei Xie

      Affiliations

    • Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
    • ,
  • Rose C. Graham-Maar, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
    • Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
    • ,
  • Kazuo Inoue, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Yasuki Kobayashi, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Nicolas Stettler, M.D., M.S.C.E.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
    • Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Nicolas Stettler, M.D., M.S.C.E., Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, North 1559, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4399.

Received 5 June 2005 ,Accepted 7 September 2005.

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PII: S1054-139X(06)00346-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.09.006

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 40, Issue 2 , Pages 166-172 , February 2007

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