Chronic diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide with increasing prevalence in all
age groups, genders, and ethnicities. Most chronic disease deaths occur in middle-to low …

Importance Reliable estimates of the prevalence of childhood hypertension serve as the
basis for adequate prevention and treatment. However, the prevalence of childhood …

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of arterial hypertension and obesity
and the population attributable fraction of hypertension that is due to obesity in Brazilian …

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of arterial hypertension and obesity
and the population attributable fraction of hypertension that is due to obesity in Brazilian …

Background Despite substantial attention paid to the threat of elevated blood pressure in
children and adolescents in high-income countries and the epidemic of hypertension in …

Background More people from sub-Saharan Africa aged between 20 years and 60 years are
affected by end-organ damage due to underlying hypertension than people in high-income …

We sought to develop and validate a national blood pressure (BP) reference based on age,
sex, and height for Chinese children. Data were obtained on 197 430 children aged 7 to 17 …

The upward trend in adolescent hypertension is widely attributed to the adolescent obesity
epidemic. Secular trends in adolescent prehypertension and hypertension have risen in …

儿童青少年是生长发育的关键时期, 儿童青少年的健康水平不仅关系个人健康和幸福生活,
而且关系整个民族未来的健康素质, 也是国家人才战略强国的基础. 改革开放以来 …

Hipertensi merupakan salah satu penyakit tidak menular (PTM) yang menjadi masalah
serius belakangan ini dan masuk ke dalam sepuluh penyakit kronis tertinggi di Amerika …