Article
Heart rate as a predictor of future blood pressure in schoolchildren.
American journal of hypertension - 1 Oct 2000
Zhou L, Ambrosius W T, Newman S A, Wagner M A, Pratt J H
Abstract excerpt
Heart rate (HR) has been shown to predict future blood pressures (BP) in studies in adults. We explored the relation of HR to future BP levels in a cohort of 344 black and 456 white schoolchildren ages 5 to 19 years, to examine the hypothesis that HR predicts subsequent BP even very early in life. After making baseline measurements, BP was assessed longitudinally 1 to 24 additional times (mean = 8.25) after the...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
