ArticlePediatrics2018
High Blood Pressure at Early School Age Among Extreme Preterms.
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- Impact of size at birth and postnatal growth on metabolic and neurocognitive outcomes in prematurely born school-age children.Scientific reports · 2021Article
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- Adrenal Steroid Metabolism and Blood Pressure in 5- to 7-Year-Old Children Born Preterm as Compared to Peers Born at Term.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Article
- Eviction and Pediatric Health Outcomes in Chicago.Journal of community health · 2020Article
- Maternal and gestational influences on childhood blood pressure.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2020Article
- Repeated high blood pressure at 6 and 11 years at the Pelotas 2004 birth cohort study.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Does History of Prematurity Prompt Blood Pressure Evaluations at Primary Care Visits?Global pediatric health · 2019Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesFormer preterm infants are at increased risk of hypertension with increasing age. Our objective was to identify rates of high blood pressure (BP) (≥90th percentile) and hypertension (BP ≥95th percentile) and associated risk factors among extreme preterm (EPT) infants at 6 to 7 years of age.
methodsAssessment included BP and anthropometrics. Comparisons were made by BP ≥90th versus <90th percentile. Regressions were run to identify relative risk (RR) of factors associated with BP ≥90th percentile.
resultsAmong 379 EPT infants, 20.6% had systolic high BP, 10.8% systolic hypertension, 21.4% diastolic high BP, and 11.4% diastolic hypertension. Children with systolic high BP had higher rates of BMI, triceps skinfolds >85th percentile, and waist circumference >90th percentile. In regression analyses, weight gain velocity from 18 months to school age (RR = 1.36), and maternal gestational diabetes (MGD) (RR = 2.04) predicted systolic and either systolic and/or diastolic high BP (RR = 1.27 and RR = 1.67). Among children with BMI <85th percentile, 17% had systolic and 19% had diastolic high BP. Regression analysis for normal weight children indicated public insurance (RR = 2.46) and MGD (RR = 2.16) predicted systolic high BP, and MGD (RR = 2.08) predicted either systolic or diastolic high BP.
conclusionsBoth overweight and normal weight EPT children are at risk for high BP and hypertension. Public insurance, MGD, and weight gain velocity are risk factors. Findings of high BP among EPT children at early school age are worrisome and indicate a need for close follow-up.
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