Prevalence of Hypertension and Prehypertension in Iranian Children

Background: Hypertension (HTN) is a significant public health problem worldwide. Early diagnosis of HTN and its related risk factors has been considered as one the main requirements general healthcare in children. Objectives: This study aimed to examine nomograms normal systolic diastolic blood pressure (BP) prevalence asymptomatic pre-HTN population school-aged Methods: Systolic BP, height, weight were measured 5811 healthy children (2904 males 2907 females) during visits. was defined or BP ≥ 95th percentile for age, gender, height screened on 3 occasions. Pre-HTN between 90 - 95 percentile. Results: detected 8.4% 7.8% children, respectively. The 8.6% among 8.2% females. 5.8 6.4% cases compared observed 5.9 6.1% participants, In addition, 27.9% with obesity. Conclusions: According high incidence it recommended perform routine measurement medical care visits all school prevent treat obesity childhood.