| Blood Pressure Values of Primary, Middle and High School Children in Kwangju. |
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Jin Soo Choi, Ki Weon Park, Jae Sook Ma, Tai Ju Hwang |
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Department of Pediatrics, Chonnam University Medical School, Kwangju, Korea |
| 광주지역 초, 중, 고 학생의 혈압 |
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최진수, 박기원, 마재숙, 황태주 |
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전남대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실 |
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Received: 29 January 1990 • Accepted: 20 April 1990 |
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| Abstract |
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For the purpose of establishing normal reference values, the author measured blood pressure of 6,
221 school children (male 3,587, female 2,634) in Kwangju area using automatic noninvasive oscil-
lometic method.
Blood pressure increased as age and height increased. Distributions of systolic blood pressures were
101±7 mmHg (Mean±SD) in boys and 102±7mmHg (Mean±SD) in sgirls at age 7 and increased with
a rate of 1,6 mmHg per year in boys and 1,2 mmHg per year in girls. Systolic pressure in boys was
higher than girls during age 11 to 13, however reversed since age 14.
Diastolic pressure was 53 ±99 mmHg (Mean ± SD) in boys and 53±10 (Mean±SD) mmHg in girls
at age 7 and increased slowly as children grew older.
Blood pressure values of 50th, 75th, 90th and 95th percentiles for each age and sex were also
presented. |
| Key Words:
Blood pressure, School children |
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