These pediatric hypertension guidelines are an update to the 2004 “Fourth Report on the
Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents.” …

The current prevalence of hypertension in children is estimated to be about 1-5%, with
higher rates among minority adolescents1-3. Primary hypertension (PH) also referred to as …

2016 European Society of Hypertension guidelines for the man... : Journal of Hypertension 2016
European Society of Hypertension guidelines for the management of high blood pressure in …

However, an obesity-related increase in BP has not been documented in all studies. In the
Bogalusa Heart Study, which used the mean of 6 resting BP measurements instead of 2 or 3 …

Hypertension is associated with increased left ventricular mass (LVM) and carotid intima‐
media thickness (cIMT), which predict cardiovascular (CV) events in adults. Whether target …

Hypertension is associated with left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), a risk factor for
cardiovascular events. Since cardiovascular events in youth are rare, hypertension has …

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 …

Childhood HTN (hypertension) has become a widely investigated topic within the last
decade due to its increasing prevalence. In the present review, we examine new …

In modern laboratory diagnostics of cardiovascular diseases (CVD), there is a clear
tendency toward an increase in the sensitivity of methods for determining key CVD …

Objective: In children, out-of-office blood pressure (BP) assessment (especially ambulatory
monitoring) is regarded as indispensable for accurate hypertension diagnosis. This article …