Management of stage 1 hypertension in adults with a low 10-year risk for cardiovascular disease: filling a guidance gap: a scientific statement from the American Heart …

DW Jones, PK Whelton, N Allen, D Clark III… - …, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
High blood pressure (BP) is the leading cause of worldwide cardiovascular disease
morbidity and mortality. Patients and clinicians dealing with hypertension have benefited …

[HTML][HTML] Arterial stiffness precedes hypertension and metabolic risks in youth: a review

AO Agbaje - Journal of hypertension, 2022 - journals.lww.com
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 …

Long-term effects of PM2. 5 components on blood pressure and hypertension in Chinese children and adolescents

J Li, Y Dong, Y Song, B Dong, A van Donkelaar… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Pediatric primary hypertension: an underrecognized condition: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

B Falkner, SS Gidding, CM Baker-Smith, TM Brady… - …, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
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 …

Blood pressure in childhood and adolescence

ST Hardy, EM Urbina - American Journal of Hypertension, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Elevated blood pressure (BP) and hypertension commonly occur in children and
adolescents and increase the risk of cardiovascular disease in adulthood. The purpose of …

In Utero Exposure to Heavy Metals and Trace Elements and Childhood Blood Pressure in a US Urban, Low-Income, Minority Birth Cohort

M Zhang, T Liu, G Wang, JP Buckley… - Environmental …, 2021 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
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 in adolescents: The role of obesity and family history

W Zhao, L Mo, Y Pang - The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Blood pressure level in late adolescence and risk for cardiovascular events: a cohort study

H Rietz, J Pennlert, P Nordström… - Annals of Internal …, 2023 - acpjournals.org
Background: Not enough is known about the association between blood pressure (BP) in
adolescence and future cardiovascular events. Objective: To measure this association using …

Social determinants of health and disparities in hypertension and cardiovascular diseases

A Chaturvedi, A Zhu, NV Gadela, D Prabhakaran… - …, 2024 - Am Heart Assoc
High blood pressure causes over 10 million preventable deaths annually globally.
Populations in low-and middle-income countries suffer the most, experiencing increased …

Hypertension in adolescents: diagnosis, treatment, and implications

M Khoury, EM Urbina - The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 2021 - thelancet.com
Hypertension is a major modifiable cardiovascular disease risk factor and its presence in
childhood is associated with the presence and burden of atherosclerosis. Moreover …