TY - JOUR T1 - What’s new in paediatric hypertension? JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2016-311662 SP - archdischild-2016-311662 AU - Rowena Lalji AU - Kjell Tullus Y1 - 2017/08/17 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/early/2017/08/17/archdischild-2016-311662.abstract N2 - Paediatric hypertension predisposes to hypertension and cardiovascular disease in adult life. Despite clear guidelines, there remains a lack of screening. Diagnosis remains challenging given the high rate of false-positive high blood pressure (BP) readings at a single visit; thus, multiple visits are required to confirm the diagnosis. Depending on the normative data sets used, hypertension in overweight and obese children can be underestimated by up to 20%. Specific BP targets are required for subgroups such as adolescents, children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and type 1 diabetes. High dietary salt intake is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Given the rise in processed food consumption, children in developed nations are likely to benefit from salt restriction at a population-based level. ER -