[Juvenile hypertension: a comparison between 2 student populations in the provinces of Ferrara and Rovigo]

The Authors have investigated the frequency of hypertension (systolic, diastolic, systo-diastolic, severe and borderline, sustained and labile) in 2 groups, respectively of 738 and 1041 school children between 11 and 14 years of age, from the provinces of Ferrara and Rovigo. The percentile graphic representations and the frequency of different types of hypertension have been compared in these two parallel studies; a correlation of statistical significance has been shown between hypertension and obesity in the Ferrara group, while a similar correlation between hypertension and familiarity for hypertension has been demonstrated in the Rovigo group.