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Pérez-Gimeno G, Ruperez AI, Gil-Campos M, Aguilera CM, Anguita A, Vázquez-Cobela R, Skapino E, Moreno LA, Leis R, Bueno-Lozano G. Height-based equations as screening tools for high blood pressure in pediatric practice, the GENOBOX study. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2022; 24:713-722. [PMID: 35596598 PMCID: PMC9180328 DOI: 10.1111/jch.14489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2021] [Revised: 03/23/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Due to the absence of easily applicable cut‐off points to determine high blood pressure or hypertension in children, as in the adult population, blood pressure is rarely measured in the pediatrician's clinical routine. This has led to an underdiagnosis of high blood pressure or hypertension in children. For this reason, the present study evaluate the utility of five equations for the screening of high blood pressure in children: blood pressure to height ratio, modified blood pressure to height ratio, new modified blood pressure to height ratio, new simple formula and height‐based equations. The authors evaluated 1599 children between 5 and 18 years. The performance of the five equations was analyzed using the receiver‐operating characteristics curves for identifying blood pressure above P90th according to the American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Practice Guideline 2017. All equations showed an area under the curve above 0.882. The new modified blood pressure to height ratio revealed a high sensitivity whereas the height‐based equations showed the best performance, with a positive predictive value above 88.2%. Finally, all equations showed higher positive predictive values in children with overweight or obesity. The height‐based equation obtained the highest PPV values above 71.1% in children with normal weight and above 90.2% in children with overweight or obesity. In conclusions, the authors recommend the use of the height‐based equations equation because it showed the best positive predictive values to identify children with elevated blood pressure, independently of their sex, pubertal and weight status.
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Affiliation(s)
- Gloria Pérez-Gimeno
- Growth Exercise, Nutrition and Development (GENUD) Research group, Universidad de Zaragoza, Instituto de Investigación Sanitartia de Aragón (IIS Aragón), Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón-IA2 (Universidad de Zaragoza-CITA), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Growth Exercise, Nutrition and Development (GENUD) Research group, Universidad de Zaragoza, Instituto de Investigación Sanitartia de Aragón (IIS Aragón), Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón-IA2 (Universidad de Zaragoza-CITA), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Metabolic Pediatric and Investigation Unit, Reina Sofía University Hospital, Maimónides Insitute of Biomedicine Research of Córdoba (IMIBIC), University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain.,CIBEROBN, (Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition) Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
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- CIBEROBN, (Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition) Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II, Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology "José Mataix", Center of Biomedical Research, University of Granada, Armilla, Granada, Spain.,Biosanitary Research Institute (IBS), University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- CIBEROBN, (Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition) Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II, Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology "José Mataix", Center of Biomedical Research, University of Granada, Armilla, Granada, Spain.,Biosanitary Research Institute (IBS), University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- CIBEROBN, (Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition) Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain.,Pediatric Nutrition Research Group. Institute of Sanitary Research of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS). CHUS-USC., Santiago de Compostela, Spain.,Unit of Investigation in Human Nutrition, Growth and Development of Galicia (GALINUT), University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), Santiago de Compostela, Spain.,Unit of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. Pediatric Service. University Clinical Hospital of Santiago (CHUS)., Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Growth Exercise, Nutrition and Development (GENUD) Research group, Universidad de Zaragoza, Instituto de Investigación Sanitartia de Aragón (IIS Aragón), Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón-IA2 (Universidad de Zaragoza-CITA), Zaragoza, Spain.,Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Nutrition, University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Growth Exercise, Nutrition and Development (GENUD) Research group, Universidad de Zaragoza, Instituto de Investigación Sanitartia de Aragón (IIS Aragón), Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón-IA2 (Universidad de Zaragoza-CITA), Zaragoza, Spain.,CIBEROBN, (Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition) Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
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- CIBEROBN, (Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition) Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain.,Pediatric Nutrition Research Group. Institute of Sanitary Research of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS). CHUS-USC., Santiago de Compostela, Spain.,Unit of Investigation in Human Nutrition, Growth and Development of Galicia (GALINUT), University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), Santiago de Compostela, Spain.,Unit of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. Pediatric Service. University Clinical Hospital of Santiago (CHUS)., Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Growth Exercise, Nutrition and Development (GENUD) Research group, Universidad de Zaragoza, Instituto de Investigación Sanitartia de Aragón (IIS Aragón), Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón-IA2 (Universidad de Zaragoza-CITA), Zaragoza, Spain.,CIBEROBN, (Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition) Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain.,Unit of Pediatric Endocrinology, University Clinical Hospital Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain
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Skapino E, Rupérez AI, Restrepo-Mesa S, Araújo-Moura K, De Moraes AC, Barbosa Carvalho H, Aristizabal JC, Moreno LA. Height-based equations as screening tools for elevated blood pressure in the SAYCARE study. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2020; 22:2221-2229. [PMID: 33125808 DOI: 10.1111/jch.14087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2020] [Revised: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 10/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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This study evaluated the accuracy of four height-based equations: blood pressure to height ratio (BPHR), modified BPHR (MBPHR), new modified BPHR (NMBPHR), and height-based equations (HBE) for screening elevated BP in children and adolescents in the SAYCARE study. We measured height and BP of 829 children and adolescents from seven South American cities. Receiving operating curves were used to assess formula performance to diagnose elevated BP in comparison to the 2017 clinical guideline. Sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values (PPV, NPV) were calculated for the four screening formulas. The diagnostic agreement was evaluated with the kappa coefficient. The HBE equation showed the maximum sensitivity (100%) in children, both for boys and girls, and showed the best performance results, with a very high NPV (>99%) and high PPV (>60%) except for female children (53.8%). In adolescents, the highest sensitivity (100%) was achieved with the NMBPHR for both sexes. Kappa coefficients indicated that HBE had the highest agreement with the gold standard diagnostic method (between 0.70 and 0.75), except for female children (0.57). Simplified methods are friendlier than the percentile gold standard tables. The HBE equation showed better performance than the other formulas in this Latin American pediatric population.
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- Estela Skapino
- Escuela de Nutrición, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay.,Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development (GENUD) Research Group, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza
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- Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development (GENUD) Research Group, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza.,Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón (IA2), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón (IIS Aragón), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Food and Human Nutrition Research Group, School of Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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- Graduate Program in Public Health, School of Public Health, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.,Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.,YCARE (Youth/Child cArdiovascular Risk and Environmental) Research Group Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Public Health, School of Public Health, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.,Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.,YCARE (Youth/Child cArdiovascular Risk and Environmental) Research Group Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- YCARE (Youth/Child cArdiovascular Risk and Environmental) Research Group Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Grupo de Investigación en Fisiología y Bioquímica (PHYSIS), Escuela de Nutrición y Dietética, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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- Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development (GENUD) Research Group, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza.,Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón (IA2), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón (IIS Aragón), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.,CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Di Bonito P, Licenziati MR, Di Sessa A, Manco M, Morandi A, Maffeis C, Chiesa C, Pacifico L, Valerio G. A new simple formula built on the American Academy of Pediatrics criteria for the screening of hypertension in overweight/obese children. Eur J Pediatr 2019; 178:1291-1295. [PMID: 31214774 DOI: 10.1007/s00431-019-03410-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2019] [Revised: 06/06/2019] [Accepted: 06/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
We evaluated the performance of a new simple formula (NSF) for the screening of hypertension by American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines 2017 (AAPG2017) in children with overweight/obesity (OW/OB). The performance of the NSF and the modified blood pressure to height ratio (MBPHR3) thresholds against AAPG2017 was evaluated; both methods were also compared to assess the association with concentric left ventricular hypertrophy (cLVH). The study included 3259 OW/OB children (5-13 years). Two centers served as learning sample (LS) (n = 1428), four centers served as validation sample (VS) (n = 1831), and the echocardiographic evaluation was available in 409 children in VS. The NSF was [1.5 × systolic blood pressure (mmHg) + diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)] - [(26 × height (m)] - age (years). A cut-off of the NSF ≥ 193 mmHg showed sensitivity, specificity, positive, and negative predictive values of 0.92, 0.93, 0.83, and 0.97, respectively, versus the standard procedure. Against AAPG2017, the NSF showed higher specificity and positive predictive values than the MBPHR3 thresholds. Among hypertensive children defined by AAPG2017, NSF, or MBPHR3, the odds ratio (95%CI) for cLVH was respectively 1.73 (1.06-2.83), 1.69 (1.05-2.75), and 1.18 (0.75-1.85).Conclusions: The NSF shows a very high performance for the screening of OW/OB children at risk of hypertension and cLVH. What is Known: • The American Academy of Pediatrics released updated guidelines (AAPG 2017) to classify hypertension (HTN) in children. • The process needs categorization of height percentiles and comparison of blood pressure versus gender and age-adjusted values. What is New: • A user-friendly formula built on the AAPG 2017 was validated for the categorization of HTN in children with overweight/obesity. • The formula showed high performance in identifying children with HTN versus the standard procedure (sensitivity 0.92, specificity 0.93) and similar ability in identifying hypertensive children with concentric left ventricular hypertrophy versus the standard procedure (40% and 39% respectively).
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- Procolo Di Bonito
- Department of Internal Medicine, "S. Maria delle Grazie", Pozzuoli Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Obesity and Endocrine disease Unit, Department of Neuroscience, Santobono-Pausilipon Children's Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Woman, Child and General and Specialized Surgery, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- IRCCS, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Pediatric Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders Unit, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Pediatric Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders Unit, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Institute of Translational Pharmacology, National Research Council, Rome, Italy
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- Policlinico Umberto I Hospital, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Movement Sciences and Wellbeing, University of Naples Parthenope, Naples, Italy.
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Quaresma FRP, da Silva Maciel E, dos Santos Figueiredo FW, Adami F. Factors associated with blood pressure disorders in Afro-descendant children and adolescents. BMC Pediatr 2019; 19:244. [PMID: 31325963 PMCID: PMC6642598 DOI: 10.1186/s12887-019-1626-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2018] [Accepted: 07/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Hypertension (AH) is an emerging disease that has rapidly increased in the last decades throughout the world. The increase in blood pressure (BP) is observed with growth and development and, although the manifestation of the disease is rare in childhood and adolescence, its occurrence is increasing and the causes are likely to be from different combinations of factors. Afrodescendants have been consistently observed in many populations, including Brazil, which has the largest population of Afrodescendants outside Africa; nevertheless, data is scarce on the disease in children and adolescents. In this study, we investigated BP disorders in children and adolescents of "Quilombola" populations of the state of Tocantins, northern Brazil, and determined the disease occurrence with some factors, namely food consumption, body composition, anthropometric measures, and biochemical data. METHODS We carried out a cross-sectional study with 67 children aged 10-17 years, comparing the variables studied between the normotensive and non-normotensive groups, using the Chi-square test for qualitative variables and the appropriate tests, according to data adherence to the Gaussian distribution for the quantitative variables. High blood pressure was defined as mean systolic or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 percentile for age, height, gender. RESULTS The rate of adolescents with BP disorders was 19.4% (prehypertension 14.9% and hypertension 4.5%). There were no significant differences between the sexes for high blood pressure. In the Poisson regression analysis, the high fat percentage was associated with elevated blood pressure (p = 0.021) for adolescents. Similar associations were observed for non-HDL-c (p < 0.001) and low calcium intake (p = 0.015). CONCLUSION Most children and adolescents in "Quilombola" communities had normal blood pressure. However, higher levels of dyslipidemia and low calcium intake are factors associated with prehypertension in the population studied with high BP.
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- Fernando Rodrigues Peixoto Quaresma
- Laboratory of Epidemiology and Data Analysis, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Av. Lauro Gomes, 2000, Santo André, São Paulo Brazil
- Federal University of Tocantins, Campus Palmas, Quadra 109 Norte, Avenida NS15, ALCNO-14 - Plano Diretor Norte, Palmas, TO Brazil
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- Laboratory of Epidemiology and Data Analysis, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Av. Lauro Gomes, 2000, Santo André, São Paulo Brazil
- Federal University of Tocantins, Miracema Campus, Av. Lourdes Solino, 195 - St. Sussuapara, Miracema do Tocantins, TO Brazil
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- Laboratory of Epidemiology and Data Analysis, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Av. Lauro Gomes, 2000, Santo André, São Paulo Brazil
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Ma C, Lu Q, Wang R, Yin F. Using height-corrected definition of metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 2019; 32:429-438. [PMID: 31050656 DOI: 10.1515/jpem-2018-0414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2018] [Accepted: 03/23/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Metabolic syndrome (MS) is common among children and adolescents. Age- and gender-specific references or age-, gender- and height-specific references were used in pediatric MS definitions. More recently, an increasing number of studies documented that the ratio of waist circumference (WC) to height (WHtR) and blood pressure to height (BPHR) were easy anthropometric indexes for detection of obesity and hypertension in children and adolescents. For these reasons, height-corrected MS definition was proposed. WHtR and BPHR were used as alternatives to WC and BP in the definition of MS. In the present review, we discuss the possibility of the height-corrected MS definition for identifying MS in children.
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- Chunming Ma
- Department of Endocrinology, The First Hospital of Qinhuangdao, Qinhuangdao, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The First Hospital of Qinhuangdao, Qinhuangdao, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The First Hospital of Qinhuangdao, Qinhuangdao, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The First Hospital of Qinhuangdao, No. 258 Wenhua Road, Qinhuangdao 066000, Hebei Province, China, Phone: +86-335-3634208, Fax: +86-335-3032042
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