PEDIATRICS Vol. 59 No. 3 March 1977, pp. 477-478
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Comments on Blood Pressure I

Sol Londe M.D.1 and David Goldring M.D.2

1 Associate Professor Emeritus of Clinical Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
2 Professor of Pediatrics, Director of Pediatric Cardiology, Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri

We read the statement "The Pediatrician and Hypertension"1 in the July 1975 issue with great interest and appreciation. In particular, we support the advice about caution in labeling a child "hypertensive."

We are concerned, however, about the values in Table I of the article, which are recommended as a guide, because they are based on averages of data arrived at in different manners in the three reports used.

The values published by Moss and Adams2 are based upon auscultatory systolic and diastolic pressure readings adjusted to arm circumference and height.