Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents
2007; Humana Press; Linguagem: Inglês
10.1007/978-1-59259-978-3_14
AutoresMonesha Gupta‐Malhotra, Ronald J. Portman,
Tópico(s)Sodium Intake and Health
ResumoThe prevalence of hypertension in children is increasing, possibly because of the increasing epidemic of obesity, poor dietary habits, and sedentary lifestyles in childhood. In fact, of all chronic diseases in childhood, only obesity (28%), asthma (7%), and attention deficit disorder (5%) have a higher prevalence than hypertension (3–5%). Hypertension in childhood is a precursor for the development of hypertension in early adulthood (1). Although the etiology of hypertension in early childhood is more commonly secondary than in adult patients, in most cases of hypertension, particularly in later childhood and adolescence, the etiology is primary or essential hypertension (2). The hypertension manifest in childhood may not be benign, as previously thought, as end-organ damage is now frequently detected in hypertensive children (3–5).
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