Reference blood pressure values obtained using the auscultation method for 2-year-old Japanese children: from the Japan Environment and Children's Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Reference blood pressure (BP) values for Japanese children based on a large number of measurements by auscultation have not yet been established.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional analysis of data from a birth-cohort study. The data from the sub-cohort study conducted for children at the age of 2 years in the Japan Environment and Children's Study from April 2015 to January 2017 were analyzed. BP was measured via auscultation using an aneroid sphygmomanometer. Each participant was measured in triplicate, and the average value of two consecutive measurements with a difference of less than 5 mmHg was recorded. The reference BP values were estimated using the lambda-mu-sigma (LMS) method and compared with those obtained via the polynomial regression model.

Result

SUBMITTER: Fujita N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10504195 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature