[Characteristics of arterial blood pressure in children aged 10-14 years living in Novosìbirsk (data of a simultaneous epidemiological study)].

The authors reported the results of a study of BP levels in children aged 10 to 14 in Novosibirsk using a standard WHO method. Regional normal limits of systolic and diastolic BP with relation to age and sex were presented. The mean levels of systolic and diastolic BP were growing with age, particularly at the age of 11-12. Sex differences in the levels of systolic and diastolic BP were undetectable. In the group of children with raised BP the body mass index was increased, and a rise of diastolic BP was attended by atherogenic shifts in the blood lipid spectrum. Comparative assessment of BP levels was given for Novosibirsk, Moscow and American schoolchildren.