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Isolated diastolic high blood pressure: a distinct clinical phenotype in US children.
Pediatric research - 1 Oct 2021
Alsaeed Habeeb, Metzger Daniel L, Blydt-Hansen Tom D, Rodd Celia, Sharma Atul
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Screening studies have shown that 0.7-4.5% of generally healthy children have isolated diastolic high BP. We therefore studied the characteristics of children with diastolic BP in the elevated and hypertensive ranges according to current guidelines in US children from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES, 1999-2016). METHODS: We studied 17,362 children (8-18 years) with BP...
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