ArticlePediatric cardiology2016
Accuracy of Blood Pressure-to-Height Ratio to Define Elevated Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents: The CASPIAN-IV Study.
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- Performance of blood pressure-to-height ratio as a screening tool for elevated blood pressure in pediatric population: a systematic meta-analysis.Journal of human hypertension · 2016Pooled it
- A proposal to simplify the definition of pediatric hypertension: bridging the gap between perception and action.BMC medicine · 2024Article
- Height-based equations as screening tools for elevated blood pressure in the SAYCARE study.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2020Article
- Using blood pressure height index to define hypertension among secondary school adolescents in southwestern Uganda.Journal of human hypertension · 2020Article
- Performance of blood pressure to height ratio as a screening tool for elevated blood pressure in rural children: Ellisras Longitudinal Study.Journal of human hypertension · 2017Article
- Blood pressure-to-height ratio as a screening indicator of elevated blood pressure among children and adolescents in Chongqing, China.Journal of human hypertension · 2017Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to propose a simple practical diagnostic criterion for pre-hypertension (pre-HTN) and hypertension (HTN) in the pediatric age group. This study was conducted on a nationally representative sample of 14,880 students, aged 6-18 years. HTN and pre-HTN were defined as systolic blood pressure (SBP) and/or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) ≥ 95 and 90-95th percentile for age, gender, and height, respectively. By using the area under the curve (AUC) of the receiver operator characteristic curves, we estimated the diagnostic accuracy of two indexes of SBP-to-height ratio (SBPHR) and DBP-to-height (DBPHR) to define pre-HTN and HTN. Overall, SBPHR performed relatively well in classifying subjects to HTN (AUC 0.80-0.85) and pre-HTN (AUC 0.84-0.90). Likewise, DBPHR performed relatively well in classifying subjects to HTN (AUC 0.90-0.97) and pre-HTN (AUC 0.70-0.83). Two indexes of SBPHR and DBPHR are considered as valid, simple, inexpensive, and accurate tools to diagnose pre-HTN and HTN in pediatric age group.
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