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ArticlePediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany)2026

Demographics, longitudinal changes and outcome of high blood pressure in children and adolescents on kidney replacement therapy: 15 years of data from the ESPN/ERA Registry.

Enrico Vidal, Jérôme Harambat, Sevcan A Bakkaloglu, Manish D Sinha, Cornel Aldea, Charalampos Kapogiannis, Kajsa Åsling Monemi, Sergey Baiko, Roberto Chimenz, Dorota Drozdz and 17 more

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27 authors.

Enrico VidalPediatric Nephrology Unit, Department of Woman's and Child's Health, University Hospital of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Jérôme HarambatPediatric Nephrology Unit, Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France.
Sevcan A BakkalogluDepartment of Pediatric Nephrology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye.
Manish D SinhaDepartment of Paediatric Nephrology, King's College London, Evelina London Children's Hospital, London, UK.
Cornel AldeaPediatric Nephrology Department, Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Charalampos KapogiannisDepartment of Pediatric Nephrology, Agia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens University, Athens, Greece.
Kajsa Åsling MonemiDepartment of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Division of Paediatrics, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden.
Sergey BaikoDepartment of Pediatrics, Belarusian State Medical University, Minsk, Belarus.
Roberto ChimenzPediatric Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, University Hospital "G. Martino", Messina, Italy.
Dorota DrozdzDepartment of Pediatric Nephrology and Hypertension, Pediatric Institute, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland.
Thomas GinerDepartment of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
James G HeafDepartment of Medicine, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark.
Dmytro IvanovDepartment of Nephrology and RRT, Shupyk, National Health Care University, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Augustina JankauskienePediatric Center, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Regula Laux-EndChildren's Hospital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Adrian LunguPediatric Nephrology Department, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania.
Anette MelkDepartment of Pediatric Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Christine PietrementDepartment of Pediatrics, Reims University Hospital, Reims, France.
David PitcherUK Renal Registry, The Renal Association, Bristol, UK.
Ludmila PodrackaDepartment of Pediatrics, Medical Faculty, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Tomas SeemanDepartment of Pediatrics, 2nd Medical Faculty, Charles University Prague and University Hospital Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Carla SimãoDepartment of Pediatrics, Hospital de Santa Maria, CHULN, Lisbon Faculty of Medicine, FMUL, Lisbon, Portugal.
Yılmaz TabelDepartment of Pediatric Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, İnönü University, Malatya, Türkiye.
Juuso TainioDepartment of Pediatric Nephrology and Transplantation, New Children's Hospital, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Dean WallaceDepartment of Paediatric Nephrology, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK.
Kitty J JagerESPN/ERA Registry, Department of Medical Informatics, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Marjolein BonthuisESPN/ERA Registry, Department of Medical Informatics, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. m.bonthuis@amsterdamumc.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1719-940X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHypertension (HTN) is a well-known complication among patients on pediatric kidney replacement therapy (KRT). We aimed to evaluate demographics, longitudinal changes and outcomes of high blood pressure (BP) among children and adolescents on KRT.

methodsData on BP and antihypertensive (AH) medications reported to the ESPN/ERA Registry on 6071 patients from 28 European countries starting KRT < 20 years of age between 2007 and 2021, were included.

resultsHypertension (HTN), AH medication use, and uncontrolled HTN were reported in 60.7%, 45.0%, and 32.0% of patients, respectively. Prevalence of uncontrolled HTN was 49.7% in HD, 42.3% in PD, and 27.3% in transplanted patients. Younger age, dialysis, and shorter KRT vintage were risk factors for uncontrolled HTN. AH medication use was lower among young patients, females and those on dialysis, and higher with a shorter KRT vintage and non-CAKUT kidney disease. Among AH medication users, 27.9% of transplantation, 48.1% of PD and 58.9% of HD patients showed a systolic BP > 95th percentile. Uncontrolled HTN significantly decreased over time in HD patients (52.3% at dialysis start vs. 42.5% after 5 years; annual percentage change [APC] - 3.5%; 95%CI: - 6.2; -0.7), despite similar AH medication use. After 5 years, transplanted patients showed a significant reduction in both prevalence of uncontrolled HTN (APC - 3.6%; 95%CI: - 5.7; - 1.5) and AH medication use (APC - 1.6%; 95%CI: - 2.6; - 0.6%). No trends were found for PD patients. Uncontrolled HTN was not associated with mortality (aHR 1.02; 95%CI: 0.79-1.33).

conclusionsHTN is highly prevalent in children and adolescents on KRT. Younger children and HD patients should be carefully evaluated for BP status after entering dialysis or shortly after transplantation.

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Antihypertensive AgentsHypertensionKidney Failure, ChronicRenal Replacement TherapyAdolescentAge FactorsBlood PressureChildChild, PreschoolEuropeFemaleHumansKidney TransplantationLongitudinal StudiesMalePrevalenceAntihypertensive AgentsAntihypertensive medicationsDialysisHypertensionPediatricsTransplantation

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PMCPMC13423910

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