Journal of Blood Pressure
Open Access
Relationship between Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure Loads on ABPM and BMI Percentiles in Children
Aug 2024
Shivaiah BalachandraCorresponding author
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring is widely used in pediatric patients to identify hypertension and its complications. Previous studies correlating obesity and hypertension using ABPMs showed increasing blood pressure loads with increasing BMI. However, BMI percentiles are more reliable indicator…