Prediction of Ambulatory Hypertension Based on Clinic Blood Pressure Percentile in Adolescents.

ABSTRACT: Ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring provides a more precise measure of BP status than clinic BP and is currently recommended in the evaluation of high BP in children and adolescents. However, ambulatory BP monitoring may not always be available. Our aim was to determine the clinic BP percentile most likely to predict ambulatory hypertension. We evaluated clinic and ambulatory BP in 247 adolescents (median age, 15.7 years; 63% white; 54% male). Clinic BP percentile (based on the fourth report and the 2017 American Academy of Pediatrics clinical practice guidelines) and ambulatory BP status (normal versus hypertension) were determined by age-, sex-, and height-specific cut points. Sensitivity and specificity of different clinic BP percentiles and cutoffs to predict ambulatory hypertens

SUBMITTER: Hamdani G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7202372 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature