[Hypertension in young man. Epidemiologic investigation in students of an Italian secondary school (author's transl)].
The investigation carried out on a group of 1221 students (aged 13-19) of an Italian secondary school shows (19.6%) prevalence of high blood pressure. The prevalence was calculated assuming as hypertensive people with blood pressure higher than an arbitrary limit of 140/90 mmHg. The means, standard deviations and 95th percentiles for systolic and diastolic pressure for each age and sex were also calculated. In a follow up of 6 months the percentage of students with BP > 140/90 mmHg decreased from 6.5% to 3.5%. Statistical analysis of 19 items of a questionnaire distributed to be filled to the students shows interesting correlations between BP values, hypertension in relatives and obesity.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D012384:Rome; D012574:Schools
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