Why the study?
Does primary hypertension increase carotid intima media thickness in children compared to BMI-matched normotensive controls?
Population
Children with newly diagnosed office primary hypertension and normotensive control subjects matched pairwise…
Comparison
Primary hypertension vs Normotensive control subjects matched for age…
Design
Case-control
Authors
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Childhood primary hypertension is associated with increased carotid intima media thickness independent of obesity, and correlates with hypertension severity on ambulatory monitoring.
Does primary hypertension increase carotid intima media thickness in children compared to BMI-matched normotensive controls?
Childhood primary hypertension is associated with increased carotid intima media thickness independent of obesity, and correlates with hypertension severity on ambulatory monitoring.
Lande et al. (2006) studied this question.
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