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The national high blood pressure education program.
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This article is published in Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association.The article was published on 1974-04-01. It has received 1110 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Health education.read more
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Secular trends of blood pressure, body mass index, lipids and fasting glucose among children and adolescents in Turkey
TL;DR: There is ample evidence for an increased cardiovascular risk over the past two decades in Turkey, and the patterns of cardiovascular risk factors in populations are not static over time.
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The choice of threshold limits for pediatric ambulatory blood pressure monitoring influences clinical decisions.
TL;DR: The findings demonstrate the importance of using the most appropriate limit sets to analyze ambulatory blood pressure and when interpreting ambulatoryBlood pressure-based research.
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Establishment of blood pressure nomograms representative for Egyptian children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study
Ali M El-Shafie,Fady M El-Gendy,Dalia M Allhony,Wafaa Moustafa M. Abo El Fotoh,Zein A Omar,Mohamed A Samir,Wael A Bahbah,Sameh A Abd El Naby,Rania S. El zayat,Nahla M Said Abd El Hady,Basim A El Gazar,Mohamed Abdel Salam Zannoun,Zeinab A Kasemy,Ahmed N El-Bazzar,Mohamed A. Abd El-Fattah,Amir A Abd El-monsef,Amir M Kairallah,Hythem M Raafet,Ghada M Baz,Amany G. Salah,Walaa S Galab +20 more
TL;DR: It is assumed that normal blood pressure curves should be used cautiously during childhood, and it is recommended that every population have its own normal standard curve to define measured blood pressure levels in children.
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Relationship between selected hormonal and metabolic parameters at birth and blood pressure during pre-adolescence
TL;DR: The alterations on blood pressure can begin in fetal life were levels of GH could have an important role and growth hormone levels at birth were negatively associated with systolic blood pressure at 8 years of age.
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Fostering prevention in the pediatric population.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the need for both population-based and individual approaches to primary prevention of CVD beginning in childhood and outline strategies for promoting primary prevention in children and adolescents.