Distribution of 24-h ambulatory blood pressure in children: normalized reference values and role of body dimensions

Wühl, Elke; K. Witte, Klaus; Soergel, Marianne; Mehls, Otto; Schaefer, Franz

doi:10.1097/00004872-200210000-00019

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Distribution of 24-h ambulatory blood pressure in children: normalized reference values and role of body dimensions

Published in Journal of Hypertension • Oct 1, 2002

Authors:

Elke Wühl

Klaus K. Witte

Marianne Soergel

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Twenty-four-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is an essential tool in the diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring of arterial hypertension in children. The statistical use of pediatric ABPM reference values has been compromised by the non-Gaussian distribution of 24-h blood p...

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Medicine

Percentile

Ambulatory blood pressure

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