作者: Hope Bussenius , Lauren Head Zauche
DOI: 10.1016/J.NURPRA.2020.10.014
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摘要: Abstract Pediatric hypertension is a growing health care problem with long-term consequences. This study sought to understand the relationship between pediatric blood pressure measurements and body mass index (BMI) percentiles. The Pedia BP data repository was analyzed assess prevalence of differences in categories based on BMI percentile. Half sample (n = 600) had elevated or hypertension. percentile only associated elevation stage 1 category. Thus, there may be threshold at which starts influence categories.