Open AccessTracking of blood pressure among adolescents and young adults in an urban slum of Puducherry
Author(s) -
MB Soudarssanane,
S Mathanraj,
MM Sumanth,
Ajit Sahai,
M Karthigeyan
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.40879
Subject(s) - medicine , percentile , cohort , blood pressure , anthropometry , cohort study , demography , incidence (geometry) , socioeconomic status , pediatrics , population , environmental health , statistics , physics , mathematics , sociology , optics
Early diagnosis of hypertension (HT) is an important strategy in its control. Tracking of blood pressure (BP) has been found useful in identifying persons with potential HT, particularly in youngsters. A cohort of 756 subjects (with baseline information as a cross-sectional study in 2002) was followed up in 2006 to comment on the distribution of BP and its attributes.