Children with high blood pressure are not as good at complicated, goal-directed tasks, have more working memory problems and are not as adept at planning as their peers without hypertension, ...

Overall, 5.8% of children had newly diagnosed hypertension or a worsening in clinical stage, representing a substantial increase in disease burden for the health care system.

Recent reports indicate an increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (TD2M) in children and adolescents around the world in all ethnicities, possibly due to increasing prevalence of obesity.

Children with glomerular kidney disease more likely to have hypertension as adults. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2014 / 03 / 140318162921.htm ...