Background In the current systematic review and meta-analysis, we summarized the studies
that evaluated the effects of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) intake on blood pressure …

GENERAL CONTENT Epidemiology Elevated blood pressure (BP) represents a major
cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. An estimated 32% of adults in the …

Purpose This study aimed to assess whether youth cigarette and electronic cigarette (e-
cigarette) use are associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) symptoms, testing …

Background. Given that hypertension in adulthood has its onset in childhood, it is not
surprising that the prevalence of hypertension among adolescents has also increased in …

METHODS: Using electronic health records, we identified patients newly diagnosed (aged 5–
18) with NAFLD on the basis of diagnostic codes from the 9th and 10th revisions of the …

We evaluated the combined effect of obesity and family history (FH) on the risk of
hypertension in adolescents. We studied 1288 school‐aged adolescents aged 16.0±0.5 …

Obesity affects approximately 1 in 5 youth globally and increases the risk of complications
during adolescence and young adulthood, including type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia …

Hypertension is much less common in children than in adults. The group of experts decided
to perform a review of the literature to draw up a position statement that could be used in …

Background Few studies have estimated the associations of systemic inflammation markers
and high blood pressure (HBP) in the pediatric population. Methods Basing on data from the …

Importance The 2017 Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) for the diagnosis and management
of pediatric hypertension (PHTN) categorizes a greater proportion of children with elevated …