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The value of maternal blood pressure during pregnancy (MBP) as a predictor of the child's blood pressure (CBP) at 7 years was explored in a prospective, follow-up study of 5,926 pregnancies. MBP was taken as the average of all measurements recorded between the 16th and 32nd weeks of pregnancy (mean number of readings=3). The table below shows selected percentiles of CBP for categories of the mother's systolic blood pressure (MSBP).
CBP shows almost no trend over the MSBP categories up to 135 mmHg. The increment at this level is statistically significant (p=.001) by one-sided t test for both systolic and diastolic pressures in the child.
We suggest that the overall predictive value of MSBP during pregnancy for subsequent blood pressure in the child is poor. Similar results were obtained for diastolic blood pressure in the mother.
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Sosenko, J., Ellison, R., Miettinen, O. et al. 387 BLOOD PRESSURE DURING PREGNANCY AS A PREDICTOR OF SUBSEQUENT BLOOD PRESSURE IN THE CHILD. Pediatr Res 12 (Suppl 4), 428 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-197804001-00392
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-197804001-00392