Discrepancies in the diagnosis of hypertension in adolescents according to available office and home high blood pressure criteria.
Fabiana G A M FeitosaAudes Diógenes de Magalhães FeitosaMarco A Mota-GomesAnnelise M G PaivaWeimar S BarrosoRoberto D MirandaEduardo C D BarbosaAndréa A BrandãoThiago S V JardimPaulo C B V JardimArthur B M FeitosaMaria V C SantosJosé L Lima-FilhoAndrei C SpositoWilson Nadruz JuniorPublished in: Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) (2021)
This study aimed at comparing the prevalence of abnormal blood pressure (BP) phenotypes among 241 adolescents referred for hypertension (15.4 ± 1.4 years, 62% males, 40% obese) according to mostly used or available criteria for hypertension [AAP or ESH criteria for high office BP (OBP); Arsakeion or Goiânia schools' criteria for high home BP monitoring (HBPM)]. High OBP prevalence was greater when defined by AAP compared with ESH criteria (43.5% vs. 24.5%; p < .001), while high HBPM prevalence was similar between Arsakeion and Goiânia criteria (33.5% and 37.5%; p = .34). Fifty-five percent of the sample fulfilled at least one criterion for high BP, but only 31% of this subsample accomplished all four criteria. Regardless of the HBPM criteria, AAP thresholds were associated with lower prevalence of normotension and masked hypertension and greater prevalence of white-coat and sustained hypertension than ESH thresholds. These findings support the need to standardize the definition of hypertension among adolescents.