Key result
A simplified blood pressure screening table reduced the number of threshold values from 476 to 64, providing a single threshold by gender for each year of life from ages 3 to >=18.
Why the study?
Does a simplified blood pressure table based on gender and age facilitate screening for hypertension in children and adolescents?
Population
Children and adolescents (ages 3 to >=18 years)
Comparison
Simplified blood pressure screening table based… vs Existing tables from The Fourth Report based on…
Design
Other
Authors
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May facilitate rapid pediatric BP screening without height data; leaves open effects on detection accuracy and outcomes.
Does a simplified blood pressure table based on gender and age facilitate screening for hypertension in children and adolescents?
A simplified blood pressure table based only on age and gender can facilitate rapid screening for hypertension in children and adolescents in settings where height percentiles are not readily available.
Kaelber et al. (2009) studied hypertension or prehypertension. Simplified blood pressure screening table vs. Existing tables from The Fourth Report was evaluated on Number of threshold values for abnormal blood pressure. A simplified blood pressure screening table reduced the number of threshold values from 476 to 64, providing a single threshold by gender for each year of life from ages 3 to >=18.
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