Naslov
Prevalence of hypertension in school children

Autori
Rumboldt, Mirjana ; Pavličević, Ivančica ; Kuzmanić, Marion ; Rumboldt, Zvonko

Izvornik
Journal of hypertension (0263-6352) 26 (2008), 3; 610-611

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, pismo uredniku, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
hypertension; school children; risk factor clustering

Sažetak
The overall prevalence of hypertension in a stratified 6% sample of Croatian school children was 3.1% for the systolic, and 2.9% for the diastolic pressure, with a steady increase with age. The persistence of elevated BP was low: less than 30% of the initially hypertensive pupils reamined in this echelon after a couple of years (table 1). Family clustering of cardiovascular risk factors among the offspring of parents with premature atherosclerotic events was observed not only for BP readings (e.g. 116.7 vs. 114.3 mm Hg ; p<.0001 for systolic BP) but for the relative weight and plasma cholesterol levels as well.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti, Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

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