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SynthesisFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2022

Prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy in children and young people with primary hypertension: Meta-analysis and meta-regression.

Manish D Sinha, Karolis Azukaitis, Joanna Sladowska-Kozłowska, Tonje Bårdsen, Kajus Merkevicius, Ida Sofie Karlsen Sletten, Łukasz Obrycki, Michał Pac, Fernando Fernández-Aranda, Bojko Bjelakovic and 3 more

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Synthesis in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 8 institutions in 7 countries.

Manish D SinhaDepartment of Paediatric Nephrology, Evelina London Children's Hospital, Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Karolis AzukaitisClinic of Pediatrics, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Joanna Sladowska-KozłowskaDepartment of Pediatrics I, University Children's Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Tonje BårdsenDepartment of Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
Kajus MerkeviciusClinic of Pediatrics, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Ida Sofie Karlsen SlettenMedical Library, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Łukasz ObryckiDepartment of Nephrology, Kidney Transplantation and Hypertension, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland.
Michał PacDepartment of Nephrology, Kidney Transplantation and Hypertension, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland.
Fernando Fernández-ArandaUniversity Hospital of Bellvitge-IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain.
Bojko BjelakovicClinic of Pediatrics, Clinical Center, Nis, Serbia.
Augustina JankauskieneClinic of Pediatrics, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Mieczysław LitwinDepartment of Nephrology, Kidney Transplantation and Hypertension, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland.
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Children's Memorial Health Institute · PLVilnius University · LTHaukeland University Hospital · NOKing's College London · GBUniversitat de Barcelona · ESUniversity Hospital Heidelberg · DEUniversity of Bergen · NOUniversity of Nis · RS

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is the main marker of HMOD in children and young people (CYP). We aimed to assess the prevalence of LVH and its determinants in CYP with primary hypertension (PH). Methods: A meta-analysis of prevalence was performed. A literature search of articles reporting LVH in CYP with PH was conducted in Medline, Embase, and Cochrane databases. Studies with a primary focus on CYP (up to 21 years) with PH were included. Meta-regression was used to analyze factors explaining observed heterogeneity. Results: The search yielded a total of 2,200 articles, 153 of those underwent full-text review, and 47 reports were included. The reports evaluated 51 study cohorts including 5,622 individuals, 73% male subjects, and a mean age of 13.6 years. LVH was defined as left ventricle mass index (LVMI) ≥ 95th percentile in 22 (47%), fixed cut-off ≥38.6 g/m Conclusion: Left ventricular hypertrophy is evident in at least one-fifth of children and young adults with PH and in nearly a third of those referred to specialty clinics with a predominant eccentric LVH pattern in the latter. Increased BMI is the most significant risk association for LVH in hypertensive youth.

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adolescentschildrenleft ventricular hypertrophyleft ventricular mass indexprimary hypertension

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