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The Significance of High Normal Blood Pressure for Children and Adolescents [PDF]

Zhongguo quanke yixue, 2023
At present, almost all the definitions of hypertension in pediatric hypertension guidelines issued by countries and organizations are based on blood pressure percentile of 95% (P95).
LIU Hai, HUANG Guanhua
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High Blood Pressure: What You Need to Know

EDIS, 2017
High blood pressure, also called hypertension, increases your health risks. If you have high blood pressure, you have a higher chance of developing heart or kidney disease or having a stroke.
Linda B. Bobroff
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The Prevalence of High Blood Pressure Among Children aged 11-18 Years in Birjand District, Eastern Iran in 2012: A Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]

International Journal of School Health, 2014
Background: High blood pressure is a health problem in children. Adolescents with high blood pressure are more likely to become adults with hypertension.
Fatemeh Taheri, Kokab Namakin, Toba Kazemi, Tayeb Chahkandi, Bita Bijari, Mahmoud Zardast   +5 more
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Waist-to-height-ratio is associated with sustained hypertension in children and adolescents with high office blood pressure

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023
BackgroundWaist-to-height-ratio (WHtR) has been proposed as another indicator for cardiometabolic risk factors including hypertension. Normally, hypertension can be diagnosed in the office setting by detecting high blood pressure for three occasions ...
Norrarath Nimkarn, Anyamanee Sewarit, Kwanchai Pirojsakul, Witchuri Paksi, Songkiat Chantarogh, Pawaree Saisawat, Kanchana Tangnararatchakit   +6 more
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Simplified hypertension screening approaches with low misclassification and high efficiency in the United States, Nepal, and India

The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 2021
Standard triplicate blood pressure (BP) measurements pose time barriers to hypertension screening, especially in resource‐limited settings. We assessed the implications of simplified approaches using fewer measurements with adults (≥18 years old) not ...
Olive Tang, Minghao Kou, Yifei Lu, Edgar R. Miller 3rd, Tammy Brady, Cheryl Dennison‐Himmelfarb, Arun More, Dinesh Neupane, Lawrence Appel, Kunihiro Matsushita   +9 more
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Risk of hospitalization and mortality associated with uncontrolled blood pressure in patients with hypertension and COVID-19

International Journal of Cardiology. Cardiovascular Risk and Prevention, 2021
Objective: The role of uncontrolled blood pressure (BP) in COVID-19 severity among patients with hypertension is unclear. We evaluated the association between uncontrolled BP and the risk of hospitalization and/or mortality in patients with hypertension ...
Jaejin An, Hui Zhou, Tiffany Q. Luong, Rong Wei, Matthew T. Mefford, Teresa N. Harrison, Ming-Sum Lee, John J. Sim, Jeffrey W. Brettler, John P. Martin, Angeline L. Ong-Su, Kristi Reynolds   +11 more
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HYPERTENSION: A SUFFIECIENT RISK FACTOR FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2021
Hypertension is a risk factor that can cause hypertension leading to cardiovascular diseases. A high or persistent blood pressure level of 140/90mmHg is known as hypertension which is divided into further stages.
Subhana Akber Khan, Farrah Pervaiz, Saleha Afridi, Ayesha Babar, Assad Hafeez   +4 more
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Effectiveness of in-office blood pressure measurement by eye care practitioners in early detection and management of hypertension [PDF]

International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2015
AIM: To investigate the number of hypertensive patients, the optometrist is able to identify by routinely taking blood pressure (BP) measurements for patients in “at-risk” groups, and to sample patients’ opinions regarding in-office BP measurement.
Saud A. AlAnazi, Uchechukwu L. Osuagwu, Turki M. AlMubrad, Hany K. Ahmed, Kelechi C. Ogbuehi   +4 more
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Gender characteristics of health-related quality of life indicators in children with high normal blood pressure and primary hypertension

Zdorovʹe Rebenka, 2023
Background. The study of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) has great practical importance for patients with hypertension. The aim of the work was to investigate the gender characteristics of HRQoL in children with primary hypertension and high ...
Yu.V. Marushko, T.V. Hyshchak, T.V. Marushko, N.G. Kostinska, O.V. Khomych   +4 more
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Examining elevated blood pressure and the effects of diabetes self-management education on blood pressure among a sample of Marshallese with type 2 diabetes in Arkansas.

PLoS ONE, 2021
IntroductionHypertension is a leading risk factor for heart attack and stroke. Undiagnosed hypertension increases the risk of heart attack and stroke. The risk of hypertension is increased for those with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
Pearl A McElfish, Christopher R Long, Zoran Bursac, Aaron J Scott, Harish E Chatrathi, Ka'imi A Sinclair, Nirav Nagarsheth, Mikaila Calcagni, Jay Patolia, Marie-Rachelle Narcisse   +9 more
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