Normal blood pressure and the evaluation of sustained blood pressure elevation in childhood: the Muscatine study.
Pediatrics
; 61(2): 245-51, 1978 Feb.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-634679
ABSTRACT
This study describes the seated blood pressure distributions of 6,622 predominantly white schoolchildren in Muscatine, Iowa. Subjects with seated pressures equal to or greater than the 95th percentile for age and sex or 140 mm Hg systolic or 90 mm Hg diastolic were examined on repeated occasions. Approximately 13% of subjects were found to have blood pressures at these levels when first examined, but less than 1% were found to have persistent blood pressure elevations. Of 41 subjects found to have persistent blood pressure elevations, 23 were obese with relative weights in excess of 120%. Of the 18 lean subjects, 5 had secondary hypertension and 13 were considered to have essential hypertension. Mass screening of school-age children identifies many children with transient elevation of blood pressure and few with fixed high blood pressures. Children's blood pressures should be assessed during their continuing care where pressures can be measured over a period of time to identify those with fixed blood pressure elevations.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Contexto en salud:
2_ODS3
Problema de salud:
2_muertes_prematuras_enfermedades_notrasmisibles
Asunto principal:
Presión Sanguínea
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Hipertensión
Tipo de estudio:
Screening_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Pediatrics
Año:
1978
Tipo del documento:
Article