Prevalence of Secondary Hypertension in Otherwise Healthy Youths with a New Diagnosis of Hypertension: A Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the prevalence of secondary hypertension among otherwise healthy children with hypertension diagnosed in the outpatient setting.

Study design

The MEDLINE, PubMed Central, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library databases were systematically searched for observational studies reporting the prevalence of secondary hypertension in children who underwent evaluation for hypertension and had no known comorbidities associated with hypertension at the time of diagnosis. Two authors independently extracted the study-specific prevalence of secondary hypertension in children evaluated for hypertension. Prevalence estimates for secondary hypertension were pooled in a random-effects meta-analysis.

Results

Nineteen prospective studies and 7 retrospective

SUBMITTER: Nugent JT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9086113 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature