Blood pressure response to exercise in young athletes aged 10 to 18 years

711 young athletes (457 boys, 254 girls) aged 10 to 18 years (mean 13.41 ± 3.12 years) who had been training for an average of 7.62 ± 4.2 h per week for an average of 4.01 ± 2.5 years. Excluded: participants with elevated arterial blood pressure above the 90th percentile at rest.

Symptom-limited, multistage exercise test to exhaustion using a Monark cycle ergometer

Arterial blood pressure response to exercise (measured in the third minute of each stage of the test)surrogate