Prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension among urban and rural school going children

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D. Narayanappa
H. S. Rajani
K. B. Mahendrappa
V. G. Ravikumar
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[1] JSS University,Department of Pediatrics JSS Medical College
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Indian Pediatrics | 2012年 / 49卷
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Children; Hypertension; Prehypertension;
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This school based cross sectional study was done to estimate the prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension among apparently healthy school children in urban and rural Mysore. Prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension was 2.9% and 2.8% in urban children and 2.8% and 2% in rural children with no statistically significant difference between them.
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