LV Mass in Children With Extremely Low Birth Weight Is Lower But More Sensitive to Increased Blood Pressure
ELBW children exhibit lower LV mass during childhood in comparison with term-born controls. However, elevations in systolic blood pressure are associated with a steeper increase in LV mass in cases than in controls. Our findings question whether cutoffs for the general population are adequate to evaluate and manage hypertension and LV hypertrophy in children with ELBW.
Authors
- Anke Raaijmakers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8846-1650)
- Fang‐Fei Wei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4573-2403)
- Thomas Salaets (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0971-5147)
- Art Schuermans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8146-9692)
- Jan A. Staessen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3026-1637)
- Wen‐Yi Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1279-0866)
- Karel Allegaert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9921-5105)
- Dong‐Yan Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0551-971X)
Institutions
- Broad Institute (US)
- Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
- Rega Institute for Medical Research (BE)
- Erasmus MC (NL)
- Society of General Internal Medicine (US)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Women's & Children's Health Research Institute (AU)
- Rode Kruis-Vlaanderen (BE)
- Women's and Children's Health Network (AU)
- Tongren Hospital (CN)
- Children's Cancer Institute Australia (AU)
- Sydney Children's Hospital (AU)
- The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
- Shanghai Institute of Hypertension (CN)
- Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL)
- KU Leuven (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Hypertension
- Published
- 2025-12-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1161/hypertensionaha.125.25277
- Primary Topic
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00