Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Pediatric hypertension is associated with antecedent cardiovascular (CV) risk factors and the subsequent development of early subclinical CV disease. Current guidelines recommend the use of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) to diagnose and classify pediatric hypertension into distinct patterns. In recent years, emerging literature has explored the risk factors linked to these ABPM patterns and the associations of these patterns with target organ damage. This review summarizes studies published in the past five years that examine pediatric ABPM patterns and their relationship to cardiovascular risk. RECENT FINDINGS: ABPM can be used to diagnose hypertension patterns, such as masked hypertension and non-dipping, that can not be identified through office-based measurements alone. This review of recent studies highlights multisystem risk factors that are associated with abnormal ABPM patterns in youth. It also presents growing evidence linking these patterns to target organ damage across pediatric populations with varying cardiovascular risk profiles. Ambulatory blood pressure patterns in pediatric patients can be used to stratify cardiovascular risk in youth, before the onset of cardiovascular events.
Source: Current Hypertension Reports
Authors: Jordan Sill, Elaine Urbina
Language: English
Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $4,590
OpenAlex ID: W7126215898