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The pediatric high blood pressure has severe the risk factors and it’s prevention is mandatory. To evaluate the pediatric arterial hypertension caregivers Knowledge, in [1, 2] was done a preliminary study of an experimental and simple questionnaire with 5 questions previously introduced in [3]. The analysis of an improved questionnaire applied to children caregivers and filled online was completed in [4, 5]. In the present work, we obtain estimates about the childhood hypertension prevalence in several regions of Portugal. As preliminary approach, we perform an analysis of variance. The results evidences significant differences of high blood pressure prevalence between girls and boys; also the children’s age is a significant issue to take into consideration.
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Pediatric hypertension; Caregiver; Questionnaire; Statistical approach; Analysis of variance