title: A single pediatric center experience with 1025 children with hypertension.
abstract: Between January 1982 and December 1989 1025 patients aged between one month and 18 years with increased blood pressure were referred for evaluation. Borderline hypertension was found in 389 children; 636 had sustained significant hypertension. In 351 patients, hypertension was secondary to a known disease. Renal parenchymal diseases were present in 68% of patients while renovascular and endocrine disorders were found in 10% and 11%, respectively. Of the 258 children aged less than 15 years, all but six children had known causes of hypertension, while 75% of adolescents had essential hypertension. In the 389 children with borderline hypertension, 65% developed fixed hypertension over a period of 2-3 years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Child Health Center-Memorial Hospital, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wyszyńska
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cichocka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wieteska-Klimczak
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jobs
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Januszewicz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D000367:Age Factors; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006977:Hypertension, Renal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007223:Infant; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index