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Blood pressure distribution according to age in a study population of 35,869 participants aging 18 to 99 years

C Balijepalli, S Moebus, C Lösch, A Scherag, KH Jöckel · Das Gesundheitswesen · 2010 · Heft 09

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Zeitschrift
Das Gesundheitswesen
Autor:innen
C Balijepalli, S Moebus, C Lösch, A Scherag, KH Jöckel
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Heft 09 / 2010
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Erschienen: 2010-09-02 00:00:00
ISSN
0941-3790
DOI
10.1055/s-0030-1266408

Zusammenfassung

Objective: Only few studies examined in detail the distribution of blood pressure in populations according to age, sex and cardiovascular risk factors. Here we analyzed blood pressure data from a nation-wide cross-sectional study in Germany with 35,869 participants aging 18–99 years. Methods: Percentiles (pctl, 5th, 25th, 50th, 75th, 95th) for systolic blood pressure (SBP),and prevalence of hypertension according to JNC-7 were computed stratified by 5 year age-groups, sex and CVD risk factors (abnormal waist, high triglycerides, low HDL, diabetes, history of CVD, antihypertensive treatment). Results: According t…

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Blood Pressure Blood Population Aging Observation Age Groups Germany Das Gesundheitswesen