title: Blood pressure studies in paediatric populations: metabolic syndrome in hypertensive children and adolescents.
abstract: The purpose of this paper is to outline our studies and observations regarding the prevalence of high blood pressure values in paediatric and juvenile populations, the early response of the left ventricle (left ventricular mass and septal and parietal wall thickness) to elevated blood pressure, the presence of a metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents with high blood pressure values, and the influence of this latter finding in the management and treatment of paediatric and juvenile hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Muñoz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D004452:Echocardiography; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008659:Metabolic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D013577:Syndrome; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology