adolescence; blood pressure; predictive rate; rate of chang; epidemiology
Abstract :
[en] We performed a prospective study on the natural course of blood pressure throughout adolescence. The major goals were to assess the predictive value of a high blood pressure level at the age of 12 years and the feasibilty of developing a screening test for the early detection of young subjects at risk of developing chronic hypertension. By measuring the relationship between the initial level and subsequent changes in blood pressure, we looked for a phenomenon previously demonstrated in adults.
Disciplines :
Urology & nephrology
Author, co-author :
Saint-Remy, Annie ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Néphrologie
Rorive, Georges ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Département des sciences cliniques
Language :
English
Title :
Predictive value and rate of change of blood pressure throughout adolescence : a Belgian prospective study
Publication date :
1991
Journal title :
Journal of Hypertension
ISSN :
0263-6352
eISSN :
1473-5598
Publisher :
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, London, United Kingdom
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