Association of high blood pressure with body mass index, smoking and physical activity in healthy young adults.
CONCLUSION: BMI was significantly and directly associated with resting BP in both sexes. Smoking prevalence and PA status were not associated with BP in this sample of Greek young adults.
PMID: 25834651 [PubMed]
Source: Open Cardiovascular Medicine Journal - Category: Cardiology Tags: Open Cardiovasc Med J Source Type: research
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