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 …

Background In southern and eastern Mediterranean countries, changes in lifestyle and the
increasing prevalence of excess weight in childhood are risk factors for high blood pressure …

Background High blood pressure, once rare, is rapidly becoming a major public health
burden in sub-Saharan/Africa. It is unclear whether this is reflected in children. The main …

Background Despite the well-known short-term and long-term ill effects of elevated blood
pressure in children and adolescents, pooled data on its burden among Indian adolescents …

Background: Hypertension is one of the most common risk factors for cardiovascular
diseases (CVDs), yet not much effort is being invested in early diagnosis and control of the …

Background Hypertension has been recognized as a global health concern for developing
countries and is scarcely described in many of these countries. In Pakistan, few population …

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

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Blood Pressure in 122,053 Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression : Medicine …

Background The burden of hypertension is high in Africa, and due to rapid population
growth and ageing, the exact burden on the continent is still far from being known. We aimed …