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This cross-sectional study was done to find the prevalence of sustained hypertension and prehypertension among school children aged 11–17 years. A total of 1085 apparently healthy students from rural and urban schools in hills of northern India were examined using standard methods. Students with blood pressures above the 90th centile were re-examined after four weeks. The mean BMI of the students...