High blood pressure (BP) is the leading cause of worldwide cardiovascular disease
morbidity and mortality. Patients and clinicians dealing with hypertension have benefited …

The overall prevalence of hypertension in childhood is 2% to 5%, and the leading type of
childhood hypertension is primary hypertension, especially in adolescence. As in adults, the …

Growing evidence has linked fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) exposure to elevated blood
pressure, but the effects of PM 2.5 components are unclear, particularly in children and …

Arterial stiffness is a strong predictor of cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality in
middle-aged and old adults. Arterial stiffness has been limited to being an intermediate …

We evaluated the combined effect of obesity and family history (FH) on the risk of
hypertension in adolescents. We studied 1288 school‐aged adolescents aged 16.0±0.5 …

Elevated blood pressure (BP) and hypertension commonly occur in children and
adolescents and increase the risk of cardiovascular disease in adulthood. The purpose of …

Background: In utero exposure to heavy metals lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), and cadmium (Cd)
may be associated with higher childhood blood pressure (BP), whereas trace elements …

Hypertension is a major modifiable cardiovascular disease risk factor and its presence in
childhood is associated with the presence and burden of atherosclerosis. Moreover …

Importance Although cardiovascular disease (CVD) begins in early life, the extent to which
blood pressure (BP) at different life stages contributes to CVD is unclear. Objective To …

Although relatively rare in childhood, primary hypertension (PH) is thought to have
originated in childhood and may be even determined perinatally. PH prevalence increases …