Blood pressure percentiles in 22,051 German children and adolescents: The PEP family heart study

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 672-679

  Schwandt, Peter ^a,b   Scholze, Juergen E ^c   Bertsch, Thomas ^d   Liepold, Evelyn ^a   Haas, Gerda M ^a  

^a Atherosclerosis Prevention Institute   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Paracelsus Medical University   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auscultatory blood pressure percentiles; Blood pressure; German youths; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT OBESITY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GERMAN (CITIZEN); GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY HEALTH; NORMAL VALUE; PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; YOUNG ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; GERMANY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84938781495     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpu208     Document Type: Article

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