title: Prevalence of arterial hypertension in a collectivity of adolescents.
abstract: Arterial hypertension in adolescents was studied in a group of 899 school boys aged 15-18 years from the vocational school No. 48 of the Bucharest Transport Enterprise (ITB) and the secondary school No. 19 ITB. Essential arterial hypertension in the group investigated was found in proportion of 2.7%, a percentage comparable with that of other European countries (1-3%).
authors.affiliation: N. Gh. Lupu Institute of Internal Medicine, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Munteanu
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Schioiu-Costache
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Niţă
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Serban
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Purice
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001794:Blood Pressure; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology