Abstract 6: Comparison Between Ambulatory BP Percentile And Load As Predictors Of Target Organ Damage In Youth

Ambulatory BP (ABP) is increasingly used to confirm the diagnosis of hypertension. Pediatric but not adult guidelines consider BP load (% readings above 95 th %ile) in risk-stratification of the ABP phenotype. We compared ABP sex- and height- specific percentile and BP load as predictors of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in youth. We measured casual BP, ABP, anthropometrics, and calculated LV mass by echo as (g)/height (m) 2.7 (LVMI) in 357...