2023
Does This Child With High Blood Pressure Have Secondary Hypertension?
Nugent J, Jiang K, Funaro M, Saran I, Young C, Ghazi L, Bakhoum C, Wilson F, Greenberg J. Does This Child With High Blood Pressure Have Secondary Hypertension? JAMA 2023, 329: 1012-1021. PMID: 36976276, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.3184.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood pressure loadAmbulatory blood pressure monitoringSecondary hypertensionBlood pressure monitoringPrimary hypertensionFamily historyBlood pressurePressure monitoringDiastolic blood pressure loadSystolic blood pressure loadSerum uric acid concentrationAmbulatory blood pressureHigh blood pressureHistory of prematurityPrimary care clinicsRisk of biasNumber of patientsDatabases of MEDLINEDiagnostic Accuracy Studies toolLower body weightRandom-effects modelingUric acid concentrationWeb of ScienceLikelihood ratioAsymptomatic presentation
2022
Urine Uromodulin Is Not Associated With Blood Pressure in the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children Cohort
Bakhoum CY, Matheson MB, Greenberg JH, Furth SL, Ix JH, Garimella PS. Urine Uromodulin Is Not Associated With Blood Pressure in the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children Cohort. Hypertension 2022, 79: 2298-2304. PMID: 35920156, PMCID: PMC9458625, DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.122.19566.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic kidney diseaseClinic blood pressureSystolic blood pressureBlood pressureUromodulin levelsKidney diseaseChild CohortMean systolicSodium intakeClinic systolic blood pressureMean systolic blood pressureHealthy pediatric cohortDiastolic blood pressureGlomerular filtration rateHigh blood pressureMultivariable linear regression modelsLoop of HenleUrine uromodulinDietary sodiumMedian ageSalt intakePediatric cohortFiltration rateGlomerular diseaseMultivariable modelNocturnal Dipping and Left Ventricular Mass Index in the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children Cohort
Bakhoum C, Katz R, Samuels J, Al-Rousan T, Furth S, Ix J, Garimella P. Nocturnal Dipping and Left Ventricular Mass Index in the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children Cohort. Clinical Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2022, 17: 75-82. PMID: 34772729, PMCID: PMC8763165, DOI: 10.2215/cjn.09810721.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft ventricular mass indexHigher left ventricular mass indexVentricular mass indexChronic kidney diseaseMass indexDiastolic dippingGreater proteinuriaSodium intakeKidney diseaseFemale sexRisk factorsAmbulatory BP monitoringHigh sodium intakeNocturnal BP declineCross-sectional analysisSpline regression analysisNonglomerular CKDSystolic dippingNocturnal dippingBP declineBP monitoringMean ageBlack raceEchocardiographic dataChild Cohort
2021
Proteinuria and nocturnal blood pressure dipping in hypertensive children and adolescents
Bakhoum CY, Vuong KT, Carter CE, Gabbai FB, Ix JH, Garimella PS. Proteinuria and nocturnal blood pressure dipping in hypertensive children and adolescents. Pediatric Research 2021, 90: 876-881. PMID: 33504962, PMCID: PMC8313642, DOI: 10.1038/s41390-020-01315-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmbulatory blood pressure monitoringBody mass indexAssociation of proteinuriaBlood pressureRisk factorsUrine PCRNocturnal blood pressure dippingKidney function declineNocturnal blood pressureAdverse cardiovascular outcomesElevated blood pressureModifiable risk factorsDiastolic blood pressureGlomerular filtration rateBlood pressure dippingBlood pressure monitoringSpot urine proteinHypertensive childrenImpactOur studyCardiovascular outcomesCreatinine ratioFunction declineMass indexProspective studyUrine protein