Relationship of home blood pressure with target-organ damage in children and adolescents.

The objective of this study was to compare home blood pressure (HBP) vs. ambulatory (ABP) and clinic (CBP) measurements in terms of their association with target-organ damage in children and adolescents. A total of 81 children and adolescents (mean age 13 ± 3 years, 53 boys) referred for elevated CBP had measurements of CBP (1 visit), HBP (6 days) and ABP (24-h).

Arterial stiffness index based on home (HASI) vs. ambulatory (AASI) blood pressure measurements.

Ambulatory arterial stiffness index (AASI) is a novel index derived from the linear relationship between 24-h ambulatory systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP) measurements. This study investigated whether 'home arterial stiffness index' (HASI) based on self-home BP measurements is similar to AASI. A total of 483 hypertensive subjects underwent 24-h ambulatory and 6-day home BP monitoring.

Ambulatory arterial stiffness index: reproducibility of different definitions.

Background: Ambulatory arterial stiffness index (AASI) has been proposed as a marker of arterial stiffness, which predicts cardiovascular mortality. This study compared the reproducibility of 24-h, daytime, night time, and symmetrical AASI.

Methods: A total of 126 untreated hypertensives (mean age 48.

Prevalence and predictors of masked hypertension detected by home blood pressure monitoring in children and adolescents: the Arsakeion School study.

Background: Studies using ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring have shown that in children and adolescents masked hypertension (MH) is not uncommon. This school-based study investigated the prevalence and the characteristics of MH diagnosed using home BP measurements.

Methods: A total of 765 subjects aged 6-18 years were assessed with office (two visits, six readings) and home BP measurements (3 days, 12 readings).

Long-term reproducibility of home vs. office blood pressure in children and adolescents: the Arsakeion school study.

This study compared the long-term reproducibility of home blood pressure (BP) in comparison with office BP in children and adolescents. Forty-eight subjects (27 boys, mean age 11.3+/-3.

Changing relationship between home and office blood pressure with increasing age in children: the Arsakeion School study.

Background: Home blood pressure (HBP) monitoring is being used in children. However, there is no information on the relationship between HBP and office measurements (Office BP (OBP)) in this population.

Methods: This school-based study investigated the effect of age on the difference between HBP and OBP in 765 healthy subjects aged 6-18 years (mean age 12 +/- 3 (SD years)).

Home blood pressure normalcy in children and adolescents: the Arsakeion School study.

Objective: There is evidence that home blood pressure (BP) is being used in clinical practice for the assessment of out-of-office blood pressure in children. However, there is no information on the normal range of home BP in this population. This prospective school-based study was designed to investigate the normal range of home BP in children and adolescents.

Validation of the Omron 705 IT oscillometric device for home blood pressure measurement in children and adolescents: the Arsakion School Study.

Background: Limited evidence exists on the accuracy of oscillometric devices for blood pressure measurement in children. This study validated the Omron 705 IT monitor (Omron Healthcare Europe BV, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands) in normotensive children and adolescents.

Methods: Simultaneous blood pressure measurements were taken by two observers (connected mercury sphygmomanometers) four times, sequentially with three measurements by using the tested device.

White-coat hypertension and masked hypertension in children.

The use of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in addition to the conventional office measurements makes possible the detection of individuals with white-coat hypertension and masked hypertension. In children referred for elevated blood pressure, both these phenomena appear to be common (10-15% for each). In a population of healthy children, white-coat hypertension appears to be as common as hypertension, whereas masked hypertension appears to be more common than white-coat hypertension or hypertension.