5 In addition, elevated BP during childhood is associated with risk for metabolic syndrome and left ventricular hypertrophy in later life. A recent study that used data from the Bogalusa Heart Study, which involved a 36-year follow-up, reported that children with elevated BP and hypertension had 45% and 66% higher risks, respectively, of developing hypertension as adults compared to normotensive children. 3 High BP is a modifiable factor, so early intervention and prevention are important to reduce the burden of disease.Īlthough the prevalence of pediatric hypertension is low (< 5%), 4 it is reportedly associated with chronic diseases in later life, 5, 6, 7 so monitoring of the BP of children is important. 2 The World Health Organization reported that 9 million people die annually due to hypertension. 1 The prevalence of high blood pressure (BP), which promotes the development of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, 1 is considerable (around 30% of the Korean population aged ≥ 30 years). According to the 2018 Korea Hypertension Fact Sheet, the number of people in Korea with hypertension in 2016 was 11 million, compared to 7.6 million in 1998.
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