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Does a proposed formula accurately correlate with standard charts for diagnosing hypertension in children and adolescents?
Does a proposed formula accurately correlate with standard charts for diagnosing hypertension in children and adolescents?
A proposed formula may provide a simple alternative to standard charts for detecting hypertension in pediatric patients in general practice.
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May support formula as chart alternative in general practice; leaves open prospective validation before adoption.
We suggest a formula to aid diagnosis of hypertension in children and adolescents in general practice. The values obtained from this formula were found to correlate well with the values in the charts recommended by the Update of 1987 Task Force report on high blood pressure in children and adolescents.
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