Population
182 normotensive children
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
up to 12 years
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May support puberty-timed BP monitoring in youth; leaves open causal growth-BP links requiring prospective trials.
The synchronization of rates of change in blood pressure, weight, and height during puberty suggests common regulating mechanisms for somatic growth and blood pressure.
Tu et al. (2009) studied this question.
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