title: [Blood pressure of children and adolescents in Beijing].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Hypertension is one of the most common disorders in adults. Although it may be already present in children and adolescents, it does not often have clinical pictures. There is a lack of data on the blood pressure in children in Beijing area. This study was conducted to investigate the present situation of blood pressure of children and adolescents in Beijing area.
  
  
  METHODS
  Children and adolescents aged 3 to 18 years in 4 urban and 3 rural areas of Beijing were involved in the study at random. Blood pressure (BP) was measured three times with the use of mercury sphygmomanometery, and the means of the last two BP value were recorded. Systolic BP (SBP) was determined by the first Korotkoff sound, and diastolic BP (DBP) by the fourth Korotkoff sound.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Altogether, 20 780 (99.6%) individuals with complete records were studied, including 10 582 from urban and 10 198 from rural areas; 10 398 were males and 10 382 were females. BP of boys was higher than that of girls [SBP: (106 +/- 12) mm Hg vs. (101 +/- 11) mm Hg, u = 27.14, P < 0.01; DBP: (67 +/- 9) mm Hg vs. (65 +/- 8) mm Hg, u = 14.14, P < 0.01]. BP of both boys and girls increased with age. However, SBP had a larger magnitude of increase than that of DBP. Both SBP and DBP of urban children were lower than those of rural children [SBP: (103 +/- 12) mm Hg vs. (104 +/- 12) mm Hg, u = 2.55, P < 0.05; DBP: (66 +/- 8) mm Hg vs. (67 +/- 9) mm Hg, u = 6.73, P < 0.01]. There was a positive correlation between BP and age, height, weight and BMI. SBP had a stronger relationship with each variable than DBP did. Among children aged 6 - 18 years, about 8.1% were found to have hypertension according to the criteria of blood pressure of children and adolescents by age and by gender of 1987 in Beijing.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present study provided with the current information and characteristics of blood pressure of children and adolescents in Beijing area. The blood pressure was correlated with sex, age, body height, body weight and BMI of children and adolescents.
authors: Department of Pediatric Internal Medicine, the Children's Hospital Affiliated to Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing 100020, China.
authors: Tian-you
authors: TY
authors: Wang
authors: Lu
authors: L
authors: Liang
authors: Jie
authors: J
authors: Mi
authors: Li
authors: L
authors: Wang
authors: Ming-ming
authors: MM
authors: Zhang
authors: Dong-qing
authors: DQ
authors: Hou
authors: Di
authors: D
authors: Zhao
authors: Yun
authors: Y
authors: Wang
authors: Ming
authors: M
authors: Nie
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D001827:Body Height; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D003971:Diastole; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007022:Hypotension / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D012424:Rural Population