The impact of repeated blood pressure measurements on detecting hypertension in children and youths

• Authors: Anna-Maria Platschek , Silja Steinkamm , Walter Tokarski , Christine Graf
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Study aim: To examine the differences between the second and first measurements of blood pressure and to show the necessity of designing a standardised protocol.Material and methods: Anthropometric data of 1618 children were assessed. Blood pressure and heart rate values were determined twice after 5-min sitting with a sphygmomanometer (Omron M5-I, Germany). The differences between the second and first measurements were assessed using Student's t-test.Results: A group of 921 boys and 697 were studied. Mean systolic blood pressures in the first and second measurements were 124.9 ± 15.7 and 121.4 ± 14.9 mm Hg, respectively, mean diastolic blood pressures - 78.0 ± 13.6 and 76.0 ± 12.4 mm Hg, respectively, the between-measurement differences being highly significant (p<0.001). No significant differences were noted for the heart rate. The prevalence of hypertension assessed from the first and second measurement was 23.9 and 4.4%, respectively.Conclusion: The results point to the indispensability of designing a valid, standardised protocol of conducting blood pressure measurements in paediatric epidemiological studies.

Keywords

EN

Hypertension; Repeated blood pressure measurement; Children; Youths

• Publisher: Versita
• Journal: Biomedical Human Kinetics
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 2
• Pages: 42-46

Dates

published

1 - 1 - 2010

online

24 - 6 - 2010

Contributors

author

Anna-Maria Platschek

• Institute of Movement and Neurosciences, German Sport University Cologne, Germany

author

Silja Steinkamm

• Institute of Movement and Neurosciences, German Sport University Cologne, Germany

author

Walter Tokarski

• European Sport Development and Leisure Studies, German Sport University Cologne, Germany

author

Christine Graf

• Institute of Movement and Neurosciences, German Sport University Cologne, Germany

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10101-010-0011-0