Impact of ESH and AAP hypertension guidelines for children and adolescents on office and ambulatory blood pressure-based classifications

Background: The objective was to assess the differences between the 2016 European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and the 2017 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) hypertension (HTN) guidelines in the distribution of office blood pressure (BP) categories as well as in the office and ambulatory BP mismatches. Material and methods: The study included 4940 clinical evaluations performed in 2957 youth (5–18 years) of both sexes. BP and anthropometric...