articleJournal of HypertensionOct 1, 2002Closed access

Distribution of 24-h ambulatory blood pressure in children: normalized reference values and role of body dimensions

Pediatric Nephrology of Alabama · University Hospital Heidelberg · +4 more institutions

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Abstract

Background

Twenty-four-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is an essential tool in the diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring of arterial hypertension in children. The statistical use of pediatric ABPM reference values has been compromised by the non-Gaussian distribution of 24-h blood pressure (BP) in children.

Objective

To develop distribution-adjusted pediatric ABPM reference tables.

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