Blood pressure in childhood: pooled findings of six European studies.
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 28,043 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.
de Man
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Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
André
J L
JL
Bachmann
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H
Grobbee
D E
DE
Ibsen
K K
KK
Laaser
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Lippert
P
P
Hofman
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A
D000293:Adolescent; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000592:standards; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D005860:Germany, West / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D012016:Reference Values