The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 152, Issue 4 , Pages 489-493 , April 2008

Associations among Obesity, Blood Pressure, and Left Ventricular Mass

  • Albane B.R. Maggio, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Cardiology Unit, Department of Child and Adolescent, University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland.
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  • Yacine Aggoun, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Cardiology Unit, Department of Child and Adolescent, University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland.
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  • Laetitia M. Marchand, MS

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Cardiology Unit, Department of Child and Adolescent, University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland.
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  • Xavier E. Martin, MS

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Cardiology Unit, Department of Child and Adolescent, University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland.
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  • François Herrmann, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland.
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  • Maurice Beghetti, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Cardiology Unit, Department of Child and Adolescent, University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland.
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  • Nathalie J. Farpour-Lambert, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Cardiology Unit, Department of Child and Adolescent, University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland.

Received 30 June 2007 ,Revised 24 September 2007 ,Accepted 25 October 2007.

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 Supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (3200B0-103853) and the Geneva University Hospitals Research and Development Fund.

 No reprints provided.

PII: S0022-3476(07)01038-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.10.042

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 152, Issue 4 , Pages 489-493 , April 2008

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