Establishing International Blood Pressure References Among Nonoverweight Children and Adolescents Aged 6 to 17 Years.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several distributions of country-specific blood pressure (BP) percentiles by sex, age, and height for children and adolescents have been established worldwide. However, there are no globally unified BP references for defining elevated BP in children and adolescents, which limits international comparisons of the prevalence of pediatric elevated BP. We aimed to establish international BP references for children and adolescents by using 7 nationally representative data sets (China, India, Iran, Korea, Poland, Tunisia, and the United States).

Methods and results

Data on BP for 52 636 nonoverweight children and adolescents aged 6 to 19 years were obtained from 7 large nationally representative cross-sectional surveys in China, India, Iran, Korea, Poland, Tunisia, and t

SUBMITTER: Xi B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4729639 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature