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Ethnic Differences in Childhood Blood Pressure

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Abstract

While young children likely have no differences in BP related to ethnicity, emerging data suggest that, at least in older children, race and ethnicity may be important factors influencing blood pressure. Blood pressure in young children is still assessed by normative BP tables created by the NHBPEP or more recently the AAP, both of which include adjustment for an individual’s age, gender, and body height. Teen thresholds mirror adult guidelines. Although these current blood pressure threshold values that define hypertension are derived from a multiethnic sample of children, they do not employ ethnicity-specific thresholds for childhood blood pressure. We review the evidence of ethnic differences in childhood blood pressure, including childhood ambulatory blood pressure, and discuss some of the potential mechanisms behind these differences.

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    Joshua Samuels & Xamayta Negroni-Balasquide

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Samuels, J., Negroni-Balasquide, X. (2023). Ethnic Differences in Childhood Blood Pressure. In: Flynn, J.T., Ingelfinger, J.R., Brady, T.M. (eds) Pediatric Hypertension. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06231-5_16

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