The compatibility of new blood pressure reference values for Korean children and adolescents with the US reference: the Korean Working Group of Pediatric Hypertension

• Main Authors: Sung Hye Kim (Author), Young Hwan Song (Author), Hyo Soon An (Author), Jae Il Shin (Author), Jin-Hee Oh (Author), Jung Won Lee (Author), Seong Heon Kim (Author), Hae Soon Kim (Author), Hye-Jung Shin (Author), Il-Soo Ha (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Childhood hypertension is associated with hypertension and metabolic syndrome in adulthood. Since the definition of childhood hypertension is based on the distribution of normative blood pressure (BP), a reference range is essential to create hypertension guidelines for children....