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The possible relation of the blood pressure (B. P.) to sexual maturation and the incidence of hypertension were determined in a healthy group of 418 boys and girls, 10 to 14 years of age. B. P. in each age group and in each sex was correlated with weight, height, pubic hair growth in boys, breast development in girls, onset and duration of menarche, serum follicular stimulating hormone (FSH), and serum luteinizing hormone (LH). With the exception of significant correlation of systolic pressure with weight in each age group of boys, systolic and diastolic pressures were not significantly related to any of the above variables in either sex. Therefore, the rise in B. P. is not related to sexual maturation. However, there were significant correlations of the stage of pubic hair growth in the boys and of breast development in the girls with the serum levels of FSH and LH. Five (9. 6%) of 55 black children and 10 (2.8%) of 363 white children had B. P. above the 90th percentile. This significant difference possibly suggests that the higher incidence of hypertension in the black adult population may begin in childhood.
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Londe, S., Johanson, A., Kronemer, N. et al. BLOOD PRESSURE AND PUBERTY. Pediatr Res 8, 371 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-197404000-00186
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