Blood pressure studies in black children.

American Journal of Diseases of Children
S K DubeF L Tunick

Abstract

Blood pressure measurements were obtained under office conditions by auscultatory method, using appropriate cuff sizes, in 1,668 healthy black children (827 boys and 841 girls) ranging in age from 4 to 17 years. We found no significant difference between the mean systolic blood pressure of black children in our study and that of whites as reported in the literature. However, mean diastolic blood pressure was lower in black children. Some black children (3.6%) were found to have blood pressure more than 2 standard deviations above the mean for their age and should be closely observed for developing hypertensive cardiovascular changes.

Citations

May 21, 2014·American Journal of Hypertension·Monesha Gupta-MalhotraEric Boerwinkle
Jul 1, 1978·British Heart Journal·C L Berry
May 1, 1984·Medical Hypotheses·J Schachter, L H Kuller
Jan 1, 1978·Journal of Chronic Diseases·J M Kotchen, T A Kotchen
Jan 1, 1987·Journal of Chronic Diseases·J ThomasR F Gillum
Jan 1, 1988·Statistics in Medicine·R M Lauer, W R Clarke
Oct 1, 1981·The Journal of Pediatrics·B S AlpertW B Strong
May 1, 1986·Public Health·A E Eferakeya
May 1, 1990·Journal of Adolescent Health Care : Official Publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine·R J PortmanJ M Sanders
Sep 1, 1980·The American Journal of Sports Medicine·W B Strong
Jan 1, 1981·Hypertension·M GutgesellD Labarthe
Jan 1, 1981·Hypertension·S Blumenthal, R M Lauer
Jan 1, 1980·Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene·A R WalkerJ Ncongwane

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Cardiovascular Disease Pathophysiology

Cardiovascular disease involves several different processes that contribute to the pathological mechanism, including hyperglycemia, inflammation, atherosclerosis, hypertension and more. Vasculature stability plays a critical role in the development of the disease. Discover the latest research on cardiovascular disease pathophysiology here.