Circulation, Vol 54, 319-327, Copyright © 1976 by American Heart Association
AW Voors, TA Foster, RR Frerichs, LS Webber and GS Berenson
Blood pressure, height, weight, maturation, triceps skinfold thickness,
serum lipids, and hemoglobin were measured as risk factors for coronary
artery disease in 3,524 children (93% of the eligible population) in
Bogalusa, Louisiana. Nine blood pressures were taken on each child by
trained observers with mercury sphygmomanometers (Baumanometer) and
Physiometrics automatic recorders in a rigid randomized design in a relaxed
atmosphere with other children present. The pressures observed were low
compared to reported data. Black children had significantly higher blood
pressures than white children. This difference, starting before age 10, was
largest in the children in the upper five percent of the pressure ranks.
Stepwise multiple regression analysis revealed that this racial differnce
was significant when measured by an automatic recorder. Body size,
expressed by height and by weight/height3 index, was a strong determinant
of blood pressure level. Other positive determinants were blood hemoglobin
and external maturation.
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