Shahid Hasan, Masood Alam, Razia Sultana, Shamsa Awais, Awais Ahmad Qureshi.
Prevalence of Hypertension in Children of Hypertensive and Normotensive Parents Living in Lahore.
Mother & Child Jan ;35(4):134-9.

To assess the prevalence of hypertension in children, 200 subjects aged 5-18 years were selected from 55 families of middle socioeconomic status, living in different areas of Lahore. One hundred children were from hypertensive parents and the same number of children from normotensive parents. The percentile values of blood pressure measurements were calculated. Children were considered to be hypertensive if occasionally above the 95th percentile or consistently above the 90th percentile.The prevalence of systolic and diastolic blood pressure according to these cut points was found to be 6% and 10.5% respectively. Systolic hypertension was relatively common in male children whereas diastolic hypertension was more prevalent in female children. The systolic and diastolic blood pressures in children of the hypertensive parents were found to be on the higher side and these children were relatively obese.

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