Control of blood pressure in hypertensive children and adolescents assessed by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.

Background: There have been few studies evaluating the control of hypertension (HT) in children. This study aimed to assess the control of HT using ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) and to compare the parameters between the uncontrolled HT and controlled HT groups.

Methods: Hypertensive patients aged ≥ 5 years who underwent ABPM to assess the control of HT were enrolled.

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in children and adolescents post-hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Background: One of the long-term complications after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is hypertension (HT). Previous studies showed that 10-15% of children post-HSCT had office HT, but only a few studies used ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM). The present study was aimed at exploring the frequency and factors associated with ABPM HT in children post-HSCT.

Waist-to-height-ratio is associated with sustained hypertension in children and adolescents with high office blood pressure.

Background: Waist-to-height-ratio (WHtR) has been proposed as another indicator for cardiometabolic risk factors including hypertension. Normally, hypertension can be diagnosed in the office setting by detecting high blood pressure for three occasions. However, patients with high office blood pressure may not exhibit high blood pressure outside the office.

Sleep duration and risk of high blood pressure in Thai adolescents: the Thai National Health Examination Survey V, 2014 (NHES-V).

Background: Sleep duration has been proposed to be associated with high blood pressure. However, nationwide studies regarding this association in adolescents remain limited. This study aimed to explore the national prevalence of high blood pressure among Thai adolescents and to determine the association between sleep duration and high blood pressure.

Waist-to-Height Ratio Is a Good Predictor of Metabolic Syndrome in Adolescents: A Report From the Thai National Health Examination Survey V, 2014.

This study aimed to assess the performance of waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) in the prediction of metabolic syndrome and to determine the appropriate cutoff value in Thai adolescents. Demographic data, blood pressure, fasting blood glucose, and lipid profile were obtained from the Thai National Health Examination Survey V database. The performances of WHtR, waist circumference, body mass index (BMI), and BMI -score were analyzed by the receiver operating characteristics.

Masked hypertension and correlation between body composition and nighttime blood pressure parameters in children and adolescents with obesity.

Introduction: Masked hypertension is defined as having a normal blood pressure (BP) in the office but elevated BP outside the office. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of masked hypertension in participants with obesity and to examine the correlation between body composition, dietary intake and ambulatory blood pressure parameters.

Materials And Methods: The cross-sectional study of participants with obesity was conducted in the pediatric nutrition clinic of a University Hospital in Thailand.

Body Mass Index Trajectories and Duration of Obesity in Thai Children Diagnosed with Hypertension.

This study explored the relationship between BMI trajectories and the duration of obesity in Thai children diagnosed with hypertension. Demographic and blood pressure data from 536 children (270 boys, 50.3%) from a school in Bangkok, Thailand were collected.

Metabolic syndrome in Thai adolescents and associated factors: the Thai National Health Examination Survey V (NHES V).

Background: Presence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in early life may influence cardiovascular outcome later in adulthood. There is limited data regarding MetS among Thai adolescents. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of MetS and related factors in Thai adolescents.

Masked hypertension and its associations with glycemic variability metrics in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes.

Background: Masked hypertension defined as having normal office blood pressure (BP) but hypertension detected by continuous BP monitoring has been observed in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D). However, no study has evaluated whether masked hypertension is associated with glycemic variability (GV) in these patients. We hypothesized that masked hypertension might be associated with high GV in patients with T1D.

Increased prevalence of hypertensive-level blood pressure using the American Academy of Pediatrics 2017 guidelines: a cross-sectional study in a primary school in Thailand.

: In 2017, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) launched a new clinical practice guideline for diagnosis of hypertension in children and adolescents. The new cut-off values were 2-3 mmHg lower than those of the previous 2004 guidelines. : This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of the new cut-off values on the prevalence of hypertensive-level blood pressure (BP) in children in a primary school in Bangkok, Thailand.