Be Ready to Address Hypertension in Kids and Teens
July 2023
You’ll hear buzz about managing hypertension in kids and teens...largely driven by the childhood obesity epidemic.
About 1 in 50 children in Canada have high blood pressure...and that number bumps up in kids with obesity or kidney disease.
Kids are considered to have hypertension if their BP is at the 95th percentile or higher for their age, sex, and height, measured on at least 3 occasions...or over 120/80 mm Hg for kids 6 to 11 years, or 130/80 mm Hg for 12 to 17 years.
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