Open AccessStudies of Blood Pressure and Prevalence of Hypertension in Schoolchildren in Jakarta
Author(s) -
I. W. Wirya,
Haidar Alatas,
Taralan Tambunan,
S. Harmanses,
Endang Windiastuti
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
paediatrica indonesiana
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2338-476X
pISSN - 0030-9311
DOI - 10.14238/pi28.9-10.1988.183-91
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , blood pressure , pediatrics , population , demography , environmental health , physics , sociology , optics
Blood pressure measurement was done on 4983 school children of 6 - 18 years schoolchildren was at random so that the sample population represented the children in Jakarta. The incidence of hypertension in this study is about 3.11 %, of which most are found at the age of 15 years.