title: Trend of blood pressure in north Indian children.
abstract: In the summer of 899 School Children (473 boys and 426 girls) aged 6-11 years in Aligarh district, Northern part of India were measured of blood pressure, height and weight. Systolic, diastolic and mean arterial blood pressure have a strong positive correlation with age, height and weight (P < 0.001). There is no significant difference in SBP, DBP and MBP among the boys and girls of corresponding age. Inspite of sample fluctuation weight has shown a strong correlation with blood pressure (P < 0.001) among both sexes in any of the age groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Genetics, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.
authors.lastname: Badaruddoza
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Afzal
mesh_terms: D001794:Blood Pressure; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D012044:Regression Analysis