Blood pressure in childhood: pooled findings of six European studies
作者:
Stella de Man,
Jean-Luc André,
Hannsjörg Bachmann,
Diederick Grobbee,
Karsten Ibsen,
Ulrich Laaser,
Peter Lippert,
Albert Hofman,
期刊:
Journal of Hypertension
(OVID Available online 1991)
卷期:
Volume 9,
issue 2
页码: 109-114
ISSN:0263-6352
年代: 1991
出版商: OVID
关键词: Blood pressure;Percentile values;Children
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
In an attempt to study and prevent the development of hypertension, there is a growing interest in measuring blood pressure in children. The aim of this is to detect and monitor those with a relatively high level of blood pressure. Until now, reference values on blood pressure in children are based on data from North-American youngsters. The present study provides percentile charts based on pooled data from studies on blood pressure conducted in six North-West European countries among 28043 children. These blood pressure centiles are presented as age-, height- and gender-specific. Brief guidelines for blood pressure measurements in childhood and for detection of children with a relatively high blood pressure are included
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