It is known that high blood pressure affects one in every 15 children and adolescents worldwide and has become a growing concern.
To understand its long-term impact, researchers compared 25,605 children and adolescents with high blood pressure between 1996 and 2021 in Ontario, Canada, with peers without the problem.
A 13-year follow-up showed that people with high blood pressure had two to four times the risk of heart attack, stroke, heart failure, or cardiac surgery compared with people who did not have high blood pressure.
Experts called for promoting blood pressure screening and treatment in childhood to reduce the risk of serious heart disease in adulthood.
"Dedicating more resources to pediatric blood pressure screening and control could reduce the risk of long-term heart conditions in children with high blood pressure," said Cal H. Robinson, MD, pediatric nephrology fellow at TH Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Canada. Could."
"Greater awareness of the importance of regular screening and follow-up for pediatric hypertension may prevent children from developing significant adverse cardiovascular outcomes later in life," Robinson said.
The findings will be presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 202 meeting, held May 3-6 in Toronto.
To understand its long-term impact, researchers compared 25,605 children and adolescents with high blood pressure between 1996 and 2021 in Ontario, Canada, with peers without the problem.
A 13-year follow-up showed that people with high blood pressure had two to four times the risk of heart attack, stroke, heart failure, or cardiac surgery compared with people who did not have high blood pressure.
Experts called for promoting blood pressure screening and treatment in childhood to reduce the risk of serious heart disease in adulthood.
"Dedicating more resources to pediatric blood pressure screening and control could reduce the risk of long-term heart conditions in children with high blood pressure," said Cal H. Robinson, MD, pediatric nephrology fellow at TH Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Canada. Could."
"Greater awareness of the importance of regular screening and follow-up for pediatric hypertension may prevent children from developing significant adverse cardiovascular outcomes later in life," Robinson said.
The findings will be presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 202 meeting, held May 3-6 in Toronto.
