Prevalence, Persistence, and Clinical Significance of Masked Hypertension in Youth

Masked hypertension, an elevated daytime ambulatory blood pressure in the presence of a normal office blood pressure, confers an increased cardiovascular risk to adults. We investigated the prevalence, persistence, and clinical significance of masked hypertension in children and adolescents. We enrolled 592 youths (6 to 18 years old). Youths with masked hypertension (n=34) and a random sample of the normotensive participants (n=200) were...