A new simple formula built on the American Academy of Pediatrics criteria for the screening of hypertension in overweight/obese children

Conclusions: The NSF shows a very high performance for the screening of OW/OB children at risk of hypertension and cLVH.What is Known:•The American Academy of Pediatrics released updated guidelines (AAPG 2017) to classify hypertension (HTN) in children.•The process needs categorization of height percentiles and comparison of blood pressure versusgender and age-adjusted values.What is New:•A user-friendly formula built on the AAPG 2017 was validated for the categorization of HTN in children with overweight/obesity.•The formula showed high performance in identifying children with HTN versusthe standard procedure (sensitivity 0.92, specificity 0.93) and similar ability in identifying hypertensive children with concentric left ventricular hypertrophy versusthe standard procedure (40% and 39% respectively).
Source: European Journal of Pediatrics - Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research