Obesity has become a major epidemic in the 21st century. It increases the risk of
dyslipidemia, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes, which are known cardiometabolic risk …

Historically, hypertension in childhood was thought to be an uncommon diagnosis, usually
related to an underlying condition, most often parenchymal renal disease. Primary …

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 …

The upward trend in adolescent hypertension is widely attributed to the adolescent obesity
epidemic. Secular trends in adolescent prehypertension and hypertension have risen in …

This review examines the impact of childhood obesity on the kidney from an
epidemiological, pathogenetic, clinical, and pathological perspective, with the aim of …

The prevalence of hypertension among all adolescents is approximately 3.5%, with
somewhat higher rates of prehypertension. Obesity affects approximately 20% of …

J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2012; 14: 372–382.© 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. The
prevalence of hypertension in children and adolescents is increasing, especially in obese …

There is a rapid increase worldwide in the prevalence of obesity in adults and children.
Obesity is not only a comorbidity for chronic kidney disease (CKD) but may also be a risk …

We present the inaugural evidence-based Canadian recommendations for the
measurement of blood pressure in children and the diagnosis and evaluation of pediatric …

The aim of this study was to compare ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring (ABPM)
data and determine which hypertension type is a risk factor in target organ damage. A total …