Blood Pressure over Height Ratios: Simple and Accurate Method of Detecting Elevated Blood Pressure in Children

• Hoofdauteurs: Ovidiu Galescu (Auteur), Minu George (Auteur), Sudhakar Basetty (Auteur), Iuliana Predescu (Auteur), Anil Mongia (Auteur), Svetlana Ten (Auteur), Amrit Bhangoo (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background. Blood pressure (BP) percentiles in childhood are assessed according to age, gender, and height. Objective. To create a simple BP/height ratio for both systolic BP (SBP) and diastolic BP (DBP). To study the relationship between BP/height ratios and corresponding BP percentiles in children...