The Lancet. Child & adolescent healthHumansChildHypertensionAdolescentPrevalence
Global prevalence of hypertension among children and adolescents aged 19 years or younger: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.
Jiali Zhou, Shiyi Shan, Jing Wu, Yuan Song, Longzhu Zhu, Qingying Li, Chenhao Zhang, Yajie Zhu, Aziz Sheikh, Kazem Rahimi, Peige Song, Igor Rudan
Published: 202610.1016/S2352-4642(25)00281-0
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Childhood hypertension is an important global public health issue, but prevalence estimates remain inconsistent. To date, no meta-analysis has synthesised global prevalence using both in-office blood pressure measurements and combined in-…
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