Cornoni-Huntley J, Harlan W R, Leaverton P E
Hypertension. 1979 Nov-Dec;1(6):566-71. doi: 10.1161/01.hyp.1.6.566.
A nationally representative sample of adolescents 12-17 years of age were examined in the U.S. Health Examination Survey and relationships between blood pressure and other variables were explored. During adolescence, blood pressure increases more rapidly in males than in females and only small racial differences are present. Weight has the strongest relationship to both systolic and diastolic pressure. Physiological maturation assessed by skeletal age and adiposity (skinfold thickness) are components of weight and each is also related to blood pressure. Although systolic murmurs are related to blood pressure at the time of examination, the murmurs are transitory and not predictive of future pressures. All factors were equally influential in each race-sex group. No significant relationships were found between geographic or demographic variables and blood pressure. These observations indicate the important relationships of physiological maturation and adiposity to adolescent blood pressure.
在美国健康检查调查中，对全国范围内具有代表性的12至17岁青少年样本进行了检查，并探讨了血压与其他变量之间的关系。在青春期，男性血压升高速度比女性更快，且仅存在微小的种族差异。体重与收缩压和舒张压的关系最为密切。通过骨骼年龄和肥胖程度（皮褶厚度）评估的生理成熟度是体重的组成部分，且二者均与血压相关。尽管收缩期杂音在检查时与血压有关，但这些杂音是暂时的，无法预测未来血压。所有因素在每个种族-性别组中的影响相同。未发现地理或人口统计学变量与血压之间存在显著关系。这些观察结果表明生理成熟度和肥胖程度与青少年血压之间存在重要关系。
