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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1983 29(4):225-229; doi:10.1093/tropej/29.4.225
© 1983 by Oxford University Press
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Blood Pressure Levels in Nigerian School Girls

ASIRU ABU-BAKARE, MD, FRCP(C), DTM&H, Lecturer Department of Medicine and SCOTT M. OYAIDE, FIMLS, Principal Medical Laboratory Scientist

Department of Medical Microbiology University of Benin Benin City, Nigeria

Dr. A. Abu-Bakare, Department of Medicine, College of Medical Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria

Blood pressure was measured in 684 girls ranging in age from 11 to 18 years at a government secondary girls' school. The study showed a gradual rise in the mean diastolic and systolic pressures with increasing age. There was a significant difference in the mean systolic and diastolic pressures of the girls aged 11–15 compared with those aged 16–18. Hypertension defined as systolic and/or diastolic pressures greater than two standard deviations above the mean pressures was found in 6.8 per cent of the study population.


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