Race and Obesity in Adolescent Hypertension.

Background And Objectives: The overall prevalence of essential hypertension in adolescents may be growing. Differences in blood pressure (BP) are well established in adults, but are less clear in adolescents. We hypothesize that the prevalence of hypertension differs by race/ethnicity among adolescents at school-based screenings.

Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Phenotype in Childhood-Onset Essential Hypertension.

The aim of this study was to determine the risk factors associated with left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy (LVH) among 89 untreated children with primary hypertension. Clinic hypertension was confirmed by 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring. LV mass (LVM) index was calculated as LVM (g)/height (m)(2.

Myocardial Performance Index in Childhood Onset Essential Hypertension and White Coat Hypertension.

Background: As a global measure of ventricular systolic and diastolic function, the myocardial performance index (MPI) can be an early indicator of hypertensive cardiomyopathy in children with essential hypertension (EH).

Methods: Children with untreated newly diagnosed EH and white coat hypertension (WCH) by a 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM), both groups without any identifiable etiology for the hypertension, were enrolled for the study. Echocardiograms and vascular ultrasounds for carotid artery intimal medial thickness were performed on all children prior to therapy.

Detection of early diastolic alterations by tissue Doppler imaging in untreated childhood-onset essential hypertension.

The aim of the study was to determine the presence of preclinical diastolic dysfunction in hypertensive children relative to normotensive children by Tissue Doppler Imaging (TDI). We prospectively enrolled children with untreated essential hypertension in absence of any other disease and a matched healthy control group with normal blood pressure (BP); both groups confirmed by clinic BP and a 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring. Echocardiographic diastolic parameters were determined using spectral transmitral inflow Doppler, flow propagation velocity, TDI, and systolic parameters were determined via midwall shortening fraction and ejection fraction.

Ambulatory blood pressure patterns in children with chronic kidney disease.

Ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring (ABPM) is the best method of detecting abnormal BP in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), whose hypertension may be missed with casual BP measurements. We report ABPM findings in 332 children 1 year after entry in the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children cohort study. All of the subjects underwent casual and ambulatory BP measurement.

Ambulatory blood pressure status in children: comparing alternate limit sources.

The American Heart Association has included alternate ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) limits for children published by Wühl in 2002. These updated limits employ the same pediatric cohort data as the previous ABP limits published by Soergel in 1997 but differ in analysis technique. The implications of changing ABP limit source on the diagnosis of hypertension has yet to be examined in a large pediatric cohort.

Overweight, ethnicity, and the prevalence of hypertension in school-aged children.

Objectives: To describe the current prevalence of pediatric hypertension and the relationships between gender, ethnicity, overweight, and blood pressure.

Methods: School-based screening was performed in 5102 children (13.5 +/- 1.

Isolated systolic hypertension, obesity, and hyperkinetic hemodynamic states in children.

Objective: To determine the factors that contribute to the pathogenesis of isolated systolic hypertension in children.

Methods: School-based measurement was performed of blood pressure (BP), heart rate, weight, and height in 2460 students (49% Hispanic, 31% black, 13% white) 12 to 16 years of age in 8 urban public schools. An independent group of 71 untreated children underwent 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM) to confirm clinic hypertension and assess circadian BP patterns.