Long-term reproducibility of home vs. office blood pressure in children and adolescents: The Arsakeion school study

Hypertension Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 311-315

  Sergiou, George S ^a   Nasothimiou, Efthimia G ^a   Giovas, Periklis P ^a   Rarra, Vayia C ^a  

^a SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Children; Home blood pressure; Repeatability; Reproducibility; Self measurement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 70350433144     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2009.9     Document Type: Article

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