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The national high blood pressure education program.
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Blood pressure and particulate air pollution in schoolchildren of Lahore, Pakistan
TL;DR: In 8–12 year-old children, exposure to (traffic-related) air pollution was associated with higher systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and these findings, if they persist, might have clinical relevance at older age.
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Metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents with acute lymphoblastic leukemia after the completion of chemotherapy.
Maria Kourti,Athanassios Tragiannidis,Areti Makedou,Theodotis Papageorgiou,Israel Rousso,Fani Athanassiadou +5 more
TL;DR: The authors prospectively studied the frequency of overweight, obesity, and metabolic syndrome in survivors of ALL in the initial years after the completion of therapy to ensure early prevention of cardiovascular disease in survivors.
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Hypertension in Young Patients After Renal Transplantation: Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Versus Casual Blood Pressure
A. Calzolari,Ugo Giordano,Maria Chiara Matteucci,Enrica Pastore,Attilio Turchetta,Gianfranco Rizzoni,Bruce S. Alpert +6 more
TL;DR: Twenty-four-hour ABPM was more useful in the diagnosis and management of hypertension than was casual BP at rest and left ventricular mass index (LVMI).
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Quantitative genetic analysis of the metabolic syndrome in Hispanic children.
Nancy F. Butte,Anthony G. Comuzzie,Shelley A. Cole,Nitesh R. Mehta,Guowen Cai,Maria Elizabeth Tejero,Raul A. Bastarrachea,E. O'Brian Smith +7 more
TL;DR: Investigation of genetic and environmental factors contributing to the metabolic syndrome in Hispanic children found significant heritabilities and pleiotropy seen for the components of the metabolic Syndrome indicate a strong genetic contribution to the metabolism syndrome in overweight Hispanic children.
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Birth weight versus childhood growth as determinants of adult blood pressure
TL;DR: In black Americans, childhood growth is a stronger determinant than intrauterine growth of adult blood pressure, and significant correlations between preadult measurements of blood pressure and weight with adult measurements are detected.