Can Pediatric Hypertension Criteria Be Simplified? A Prediction Analysis of Subclinical Cardiovascular Outcomes from the Bogalusa Heart Study

Pre-hypertension and hypertension in childhood are defined by sex-, age- and height-specific 90th (or ≥120/80 mmHg) and 95th percentiles of blood pressure (BP), respectively, by the 2004 Fourth Report. However, these cut-offs are complex and cumbersome for use. This study assessed the performance of...

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Published in:Hypertension
Main Authors: Xi, Bo, Zhang, Tao, Li, Shengxu, Harville, Emily, Bazzano, Lydia, He, Jiang, Chen, Wei
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5344730/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28223474
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.116.08782
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