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Prehypertension in Adolescents: Risk and Progression

Year: 2012

Type: review

Abstract: In 2004, the National High Blood Pressure Education Program Working Group on High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents recommended a new designation of prehypertension for children with mildly elevated blood pressure (BP). This description was intended to help identify children most at risk for the development of persistent hypertension for whom targeted prevention programs would be most beneficial and was based largely on expert opinions and epidemiologic normal values. This review summarizes the knowledge that has been gained regarding the epidemiology and risk associated with prehypertension in adolescents since its inception and highlights future challenges in understanding and preventing the development of hypertensive disease in this population.

Source: Journal of Clinical Hypertension

DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2012.00663.x

Authors: Karen M. Redwine, Stephen R. Daniels

Institutions: Arkansas Children's Hospital, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado Anschutz

Language: English

Topic: Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies

Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Center for Research Resources, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences