Original Contributions PLASMA GLUCOSE LEVEL RELATED TO BLOOD PRESSURE IN 272 CHILDREN, AGES 7-15 YEARS, SAMPLED FROM A TOTAL BIRACIAL POPULATION1

Orleans, LA 70112). Plasma glucose level related to blood pressure In 272 children, ages 7-15 years, sampled from a total blraclal population. Am J Epidemiol 1981;113:347-56. Since a positive association between blood pressure and plasma glucose level In child populations has been observed previously, we studied this re-lationship In a stratified random sample of children ages 7-15 years drawn from a total geographic population. We stratified this population (N = 3524) by diaatolic blood pressure and weighted the extreme strata. The sample of children (N = 272) was free of secondary hypertensives and was tested by a restricted glucose tolerance test. As a parameter of cellular glucose kinetics, a "peripheral Insulin resistance " was defined as one-hour glucose (mg/dl) x one-hour Insulin (/iU/ml). For white boys, this product showed an Increase from 2745 in the low blood pressure strata to 6615 in the high blood pressure strata. To assess the relationship between blood pressure measured during the reexamlnatlon and fasting plasma glucose level, we classified the chil