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Article: CHILDREN'S HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE OFTEN OVERLOOKED SOME DOCTORS BELIEVE MILLIONS GO UNDIAGNOSED.(FRONT)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- August 22, 2007
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Byline: LINDSEY TANNER Associated Press
CHICAGO -- More than 1 million U.S. youngsters have undiagnosed high blood pressure, leaving them at risk for developing organ damage down the road, a study suggests.
Calculating elevated blood pressure in children is trickier than in adults, and many doctors may not bother evaluating children's numbers because they assume hypertension is an adult problem.
But the study highlights that many children are affected, too, said lead author Dr. David Kaelber of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and Harvard Medical School. Roughly 2 million U.S. youngsters have been estimated to have high blood ...