Reference ranges for blood pressure in preschool Australians, obtained by oscillometry |
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| Authors: | Blake K V Gurrin L C Evans S F Newnham J P Landau L I Stanley F J Beilin L J |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia. kblake@cyllene.uwa.edu.au |
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| Abstract: | OBJECTIVE: To derive reference centiles for blood pressure in children aged 1-6 years which seek to address shortcomings in available reference ranges. METHODS: Prospective cohort study of 2876 children in Perth, Western Australia, commenced in 1989 with serial blood pressure measurements through early childhood obtained by oscillometry under standardized conditions. RESULTS: Gender-specific reference centile charts for systolic and diastolic blood pressure, (i) across ages 1-6 years and (ii) across the range of corrected Body Mass Index values at ages 1, 3 and 6 years, were generated by fitting linear models with both fixed and random effects. CONCLUSIONS: Reference values for blood pressure for young children are of clinical use and may be of long-term predictive value. |
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| Keywords: | blood pressure Body Mass Index hypertension reference range tracking |
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