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January 1, 2010Journal of Nippon Medical SchoolOpen Access

The Incidence of Asymptomatic Hypertension in School Children

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Population

1,963 primary school children in Van, Turkey, selected via a randomized sampling method.

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

CACihangir AkgünVan Yüzüncü Yıl ÜniversitesiMDMurat DoğanUniversity of Health ScienceSASinan AkbayramGaziantep Children's Hospital

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Implication

May support pediatric BP screening awareness; leaves open long-term outcome benefits in this population.

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Population
1,963 primary school children (aged 7-16 years, 1,052 boys and 911 girls) in Van, Turkey, selected via a randomized sampling method.
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Outcome
Incidence/prevalence of asymptomatic systolic and diastolic hypertensionsurrogate

Asymptomatic hypertension is highly prevalent (9.1%) among school-age children, underscoring the importance of routine blood pressure screening in pediatric clinical examinations.

Limitations

  • Differences in standardization measurement techniques and other factors affecting blood pressure which could not be eliminated

Cite This Study

Akgün et al. (2010) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7cab6d178e986690cf849bhttps://doi.org/10.1272/jnms.77.160

Topics

Hypertension management
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