[Arterial pressure level in Moscow schoolchildren 7 to 17 years old].
The first epidemiological study of 7- to 17-year-old schoolchildren by representative randomized sampling was conducted in one of the Moscow distrists to elucidate the distribution of arterial pressure (AP) levels. The examination comprised interviewing the children and filling in questionnaires, count of the pulse rate, thrice-repeated measurement of arterial pressure, determination of weight, and measurement of height. As the results of special thorough instruction of the examiners a standard approach to AP measurement was achieved. The distribution of AP among the child population was studied and the age-sex characteristics of AP in schoolchildren were obtained. The chance character of the selected samples, the sufficient number of investigations, and the relatively high response (88.07%) and the standardized methods of examination allow extrapolation of the results of this sample study to the general totality of schoolchildren of the region.
D000293:Adolescent; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009031:Moscow; D012016:Reference Values; D014505:Urban Population
Uroven' arterial'nogo davleniia u shkol'nikov 7-17 let Moskvy.