Authors
Augusto César Ferreira de Moraes, Heráclito Barbosa Carvalho, Juan Pablo Rey-López, Luis Gracia-Marco, Laurent Beghin, Anthony Kafatos, David Jiménez-Pavón, Dénes Molnar, Stefaan De Henauw, Yannis Manios, Kurt Widhalm, Jonatan R Ruiz, Francisco B Ortega, Michael Sjöström, Angela Polito, Raquel Pedrero-Chamizo, Ascensión Marcos, Frederic Gottrand, Luis A Moreno
Publication date
2014
Journal
AUGUSTO CÉSAR FERREIRA DE MORAES
Pages
98
Publisher
Universidad de Zaragoza
Description
Objectives: To examine the independent and combined association of physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB) on both systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) in adolescents from two observational studies. Methods: Participants from two cross-sectional studies, one conducted in Europe (n= 3,308; HELENA study) and the other in Brazil (n= 991; BRACAH study), were selected by complex sampling. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure (outcomes), PA and SB,