Pre-hypertension and Hypertension in Pediatrics: Don't Let the Statistics Hide the Pathology

Received 29 September 2008; received in revised form 21 January 2009; accepted 4 February 2009.

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ABPM, Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, BP, Blood pressure, CV, Cardiovascular, CVD, Cardiovascular disease, HTN, Hypertension, JNC7, Seventh Report by the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure, PHTN, Pre-hypertension, SBP, Systolic blood pressure, WCH, White coat hypertension

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a Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Cardiology, Philadelphia, PA

b University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

c The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Department of Pediatrics, Memphis, TN

d Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center, Memphis, TN

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0022-3476(09)00116-4

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.02.006

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