Association of Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea With Elevated Blood Pressure and Orthostatic Hypertension in Adolescence | Zendy

Julio FernándezMendoza | Zendy; Fan He | Zendy; Susan L. Calhoun | Zendy; Alexandros N. Vgontzas | Zendy; Duanping Liao | Zendy; Edward O. Bixler | Zendy

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Association of Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea With Elevated Blood Pressure and Orthostatic Hypertension in Adolescence

Author(s) -

Julio FernándezMendoza,

Fan He,

Susan L. Calhoun,

Alexandros N. Vgontzas,

Duanping Liao,

Edward O. Bixler

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

jama cardiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 6.108

H-Index - 63

eISSN - 2380-6591

pISSN - 2380-6583

DOI - 10.1001/jamacardio.2021.2003

Subject(s) - medicine , obstructive sleep apnea , body mass index , blood pressure , cohort , polysomnography , population , pediatrics , odds ratio , sleep apnea , physical therapy , apnea , environmental health

Although pediatric guidelines have delineated updated thresholds for elevated blood pressure (eBP) in youth and adult guidelines have recognized obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as an established risk factor for eBP, the relative association of pediatric OSA with adolescent eBP remains unexplored.

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