[Arterial pressure in children and adolescents]

Nine thousand three hundred and twenty three children and adolescents from different parts of the Spanish State have been studied, with the purpose of identifying blood pressure normal values and determining its correlation with anthropometric variables and age. We have found, according to what has already been stated in the literature, a statistically significant (p less than 0.001) correlation with age, weight, height, and body surface. The values obtained have been compared with the results of the two Task Force's Reports (USA) and with Andre's (France), finding similar values to those presented in the Task Force Second Report. It is stated that age is the most suitable parameter for establishing blood pressure normal values in childhood, because of its availability and also for having a slightly better correlation than the other investigated parameters.