Height-Based Equations Can Improve the Diagnosis of Elevated Blood Pressure in Children | Zendy

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Height-Based Equations Can Improve the Diagnosis of Elevated Blood Pressure in Children

Author(s) -

Felipe Alves Mourato,

Sandra da Silva Mattos,

José Luiz Lima Filho,

Marianna Freitas Mourato,

Wilson Nadruz

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

american journal of hypertension

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009

H-Index - 136

eISSN - 1941-7225

pISSN - 0895-7061

DOI - 10.1093/ajh/hpy028

Subject(s) - percentile , medicine , gold standard (test) , blood pressure , kappa , diastole , guideline , predictive value , cohen's kappa , cardiology , statistics , mathematics , pathology , geometry

High blood pressure (BP) is usually underdiagnosed in children and adolescents, particularly due to its complex diagnosis process. This study describes novel height-based equations for the detection of BP disorders (BP > 90th percentile) and compares the accuracy of this approach with previously described screening methods to identify BP disorders.

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