ABSTRACT
Abbreviations: DBP, diastolic blood pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure. Source: From Ref. 6.
During the last few years, there has been a renewed interest in measuring blood pressure (BP) in children and adolescents after recognizing that not only can secondary hypertension be present in childhood, but that essential hypertension can be too, especially in adolescents. Elevated BP is clearly established as a risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality (1), and it is known that elevated BP in childhood and adolescence often tracks into adulthood (2).
