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The national high blood pressure education program.
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Diet and blood pressure in 2.5-y-old Danish children
TL;DR: The blood pressure of young Danish children was not significantly affected by intakes of n-3 LC-PUFAs via breast milk, but greater protein intakes at 2.5 y were associated with lower blood pressure.
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Blood Pressure Measurement Anno 2016.
TL;DR: The overall evidence now overwhelmingly shows that ambulatory BP monitoring is mandatory for the proper management of HT and health care providers should facilitate access to this technique in both primary and specialized care.
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Definition of metabolic syndrome in preadolescent girls
TL;DR: The prevalence of metabolic Syndrome in preadolescent girls varies widely because of disagreement among proposed definitions of metabolic syndrome in pediatrics; further investigation is needed to determine which metabolic factors and their respective cut points should be used to identify children at risk for development of clinical disease.
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Prevalence and consequence of systolic hypertension in children
TL;DR: Treatment of hypertension should be directed at normalization of SBP, even when DBP is within the normal range, and trials of antihypertensive medications in children should incorporate SBP hypertension into study inclusion criteria.
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Treatment of hypertensive children with amlodipine
TL;DR: It is concluded that amlodipine provides effective BP control without significant adverse effects in children with hypertension, and can be used as monotherapy in most children.