What question did this study set out to answer?

The aim is to examine the diurnal blood pressure curve and its reproducibility in healthy children.

January 1, 1996Journal of Hypertension

Diurnal blood pressure curve in children and adolescents

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Population

228 healthy normotensive children, ages 6 to 16 years. 31 children were re-examined after a median interval…

Design

Cross-sectional

Follow-up

median 123 days (for reproducibility subgroup)

Authors

ELEmpar LurbePediatric Cardiology LTLutgarde ThijsUniversity College Dublin JNJosep Red nHospital de Sagunto

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Implication

Supports diurnal BP rhythm in normotensive children; cross-sectional data leave open reproducibility of single ABPM for pediatric profiling.

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The aim is to examine the diurnal blood pressure curve and its reproducibility in healthy children.
Conducted 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in 228 normotensive children aged 6-16.
Performed conventional blood pressure readings and re-examinations after a median interval of 123 days.
Analyzed diurnal blood pressure profiles using Fourier approach and cumulative sum plots.
83% of children showed significant diurnal rhythm for systolic and 89% for diastolic pressure.
Average nocturnal blood pressure fall was 12.0 mmHg for systolic and 14.2 mmHg for diastolic.
The repeatability coefficient for conventional systolic pressure was 80%, indicating variability in blood pressure recording.

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Population

228 healthy normotensive children, ages 6 to 16 years (116 boys, 112 girls). 31 children were re-examined after a median interval of 123 days.

Intervention

24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and conventional blood pressure readings

Outcome

Diurnal blood pressure curve, nocturnal blood pressure fall, and reproducibility of the diurnal profilesurrogate

Most normotensive children exhibit a significant diurnal blood pressure rhythm with a normally distributed nocturnal fall, though a single 24-hour recording may be insufficient to fully characterize the profile due to limited reproducibility.

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Lurbe et al. (1996) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a75e186d3ee0405a5e69844 https://doi.org/10.1097/00004872-199601000-00005

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Implication

Supports diurnal BP rhythm in normotensive children; cross-sectional data leave open reproducibility of single ABPM for pediatric profiling.

Diurnal blood pressure curve in children and adolescents

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Diurnal blood pressure curve in children and adolescents

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