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

• Main Authors: Ovidiu Galescu (Author), Minu George (Author), Sudhakar Basetty (Author), Iuliana Predescu (Author), Anil Mongia (Author), Svetlana Ten (Author), Amrit Bhangoo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...