[Variability of blood pressure in children and youth in the city of Poznan].
The aim of the present work has been to analyse the differentiation of blood pressure in the population of children and youth in the city of Poznań, based on the cross-sectional studies performed in 1986, 1991 and 1996, and to determine the tendency of changes. The population subject to investigation comprised a representative group of children and adolescents from Poznań, aged 10 to 18. In the Cross-Sectional Pressure Study conducted in 1986, 5889 subjects were tested. In 1991, 515 and in 1996, 1889 subjects were examined. The pressure measurement, as well as the subjective and objective examination were performed according to the guidelines of the report of the Task Force on Blood Pressure Control in Children, as well as the guidelines related to the principles of screening studies. The mean values of the systolic and diastolic blood pressure in boys and girls in the 1996 were lower in comparison with population examined in 1986. The studies were performed according to the same methodology and code of conduct. The systolic blood pressure in boys aged 18 in 1996 was higher than in 1986. We observed a favourable tendency of the decrease in percentage of subjects with blood pressure exceeding the 95th percentile in 1996.
Zakładu Epidemiologii Katedry Medycyny Społecznej, Akademii Medycznej im. K. Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003971:Diastole; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012015:Reference Standards; D013599:Systole