Reevaluate secular trends of body size measurements and prevalence of hypertension among Chinese children and adolescents in past two decades

This study reevaluated the secular trends of blood pressure and hypertension prevalence in Chinese children and adolescents by adjusting for growing body sizes.The study population was from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (1991-2011) and included 7358 boys and 6881 girls aged 8-17 years. Body size measurements and blood pressure were standardized into z-scores using national references to allow comparisons among different age groups and...