Why the study?
Does resting systolic blood pressure predict 24-hour mean systolic blood pressure in normal schoolchildren?
Population
1121 normal schoolchildren from Newcastle upon Tyne
Comparison
24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring… vs Resting blood pressure measurement
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
24 hours
Authors
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Resting BP alone may miss elevated ambulatory values in children; leaves open whether ambulatory monitoring should guide pediatric hypertension diagnosis.
Does resting systolic blood pressure predict 24-hour mean systolic blood pressure in normal schoolchildren?
Establishing normal ambulatory blood pressure centiles in schoolchildren reveals that resting systolic blood pressure does not predict 24-hour mean systolic blood pressure, which may facilitate early identification of pediatric hypertension.
O'Sullivan et al. (1999) studied this question.
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