BLOOD PRESSURE DISTRIBUTIONS OF URBAN ADOLESCENTS1

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Relationships between blood pressure and race, weight, and socioeconomic background in an urban adolescent population are described. There was a positive correlation between weight and blood pressure. Adjusting for differences due to weight, blacks had higher blood pressures than whites (p <.0001), and inner city blacks had higher blood pressures (p <.01) than blacks attending a racially integrated school in a middle class residential area. Among blacks, higher blood pressures were found in children whose parents worked as laborers or were unemployed than in children of parents in professional occupations (p <.01). Greater than 10% of black males, 1% of black females, and no white males or females had systolic blood pressures greater than 140 mm Hg. High systolic pressures were found in black males at all weight levels. These data demonstrate that race, weight, and socioeconomic background have an impact on blood pressure at a relatively young age.

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