Why the study?
Is the practice of considering hypertension in terms of diastolic blood pressure valid for children?
Population
Children and adults with hypertension
Design
Editorial
Authors
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Diastolic BP thresholds for pediatric hypertension lack long-term validation; leaves open whether current definitions predict vascular sequelae.
Is the practice of considering hypertension in terms of diastolic blood pressure valid for children?
The validity of using diastolic blood pressure to define hypertension in children remains unknown due to a lack of long-term studies.
Douglas N. Weismann (1988) studied this question.