[Pilot study of arterial blood pressure in the school children of Girona and its province].
The arterial blood pressure was measured in 1,494 school children (810 boys and 684 girls) 5 to 14 years old who attended 46 schools in the province of Girona.


OBJECTIVE
to establish the distribution of arterial blood pressure in school children in our community in empirical percentiles according to chronologic and anthropometric variables (age, height, weight and body surface). In our study the systolic arterial blood pressure increased significantly (p less than 0.001) in both sexes in all the variables studied. The simple correlations in decreasing order were, in boys: body surface, weight, height and age, and in girls: weight, body surface, height and age. However, there was no correlation between the diastolic arterial blood pressure in either sex with the variables studied.
Pérez Guerra
I
I
Vilardell Gil
L
L
Canela Soler
J
J
Puyol Gruart
J
J
Callis Bracons
L
L
Pascual Turón
R
R
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001827:Body Height; D001830:Body Surface Area; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D013030:Spain
Estudio piloto de la tensión arterial escolar de Girona y provincia.