IS BP LOAD ON AMBULATORY MONITORING A PREDICTOR OF TARGET ORGAN DAMAGE IN YOUTH? THE SHIP AHOY STUDY

Objective: Ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM) is increasingly utilized for the diagnosis of hypertension (HTN). Pediatric guidelines consider BP load (% of reading above the ‘normal’ threshold) in risk-stratification of the ABPM phenotype. We sought to determine if load was an independent predictor of target organ damage (TOD) in youth.Design and method: Casual BP, ABPM, anthropometrics, echo for LV mass index (LVMI), systolic strain, diastolic...