Detecção de hipertensão arterial em jovens através de marcadores de adiposidade

Abstract

Keywords ReplyWe thank our colleagues for their interest in our study, as well as the comments regarding the article by Christofaro et al 1 recently published in Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia.The relationship between heart rate at rest and the markers of cardiovascular risk in pediatric populations has been the interest of several studies, including that of our group. We have recently identified that heart rate relates to blood pressure independently of body fat and other Our study group on systemic arterial hypertension congratulates the authors of the article published in the ArqBrasCardiol 2011; 96(6) referring to the detection of arterial hypertension in adolescents by the use of overall and abdominal adiposity markers¹.