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Discordances between pediatric and adult thresholds in the diagnosis of hypertension in adolescents with CKD.

Elizabeth BlackJason LeeJoseph T FlynnCharles E McCullochJoshua A SamuelsDivya SethBradley A WaradySusan L FurthMark M MitsnefesElaine Ku
Published in: Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) (2021)
Overall, there was not a substantial difference in pediatric versus adult definitions of hypertension in predicting kidney outcomes, but there was slightly better risk discrimination of the risk of LVH with the pediatric definition of ambulatory hypertension.
Keyphrases
  • blood pressure
  • childhood cancer
  • young adults
  • skeletal muscle
  • weight loss