Performance of Eleven Simplified Methods for the Identification of Elevated Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents.

ABSTRACT: The identification of elevated blood pressure (BP) in children and adolescents relies on complex percentile tables. The present study compares the performance of 11 simplified methods for assessing elevated or high BP in children and adolescents using individual-level data from 7 countries. Data on BP were available for a total of 58 899 children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 years from 7 national surveys in China, India, Iran, Korea, Poland, Tunisia, and the United States. Performance of the simplified methods for screening elevated or high BP was assessed with receiver operating characteristic curve (area under the curve), sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value. When pooling individual data from the 7 countries, all 11 simplified methods perform

SUBMITTER: Ma C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4991624 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature