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SUBMITTER: Skapino E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8029788 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Skapino Estela E Rupérez Azahara Iris AI Restrepo-Mesa Sandra S Araújo-Moura Keisyanne K De Moraes Augusto César AC Barbosa Carvalho Heráclito H Aristizabal Juan Carlos JC Moreno Luis Alberto LA
Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) 20201030 12
This study evaluated the accuracy of four height-based equations: blood pressure to height ratio (BPHR), modified BPHR (MBPHR), new modified BPHR (NMBPHR), and height-based equations (HBE) for screening elevated BP in children and adolescents in the SAYCARE study. We measured height and BP of 829 children and adolescents from seven South American cities. Receiving operating curves were used to assess formula performance to diagnose elevated BP in comparison to the 2017 clinical guideline. Sensit ...[more]