Abstract P182: Role of Obesity for the Risk of Hypertension in Youth

Background: National data on the incidence of and risk factors for pediatric hypertension are scant and the role of obesity during childhood in the development of incident hypertension in children and adolescents is ill-defined. Study Design: For this population-based cohort of youth in southern California, members of a health plan between 3 and 17 years of age and without hypertension (n = 279,708) were passively followed. Blood pressure (BP)...