Child Kidney Dis 2020;24:107-114
DOI:
During follow up, the prevalence of hypertension increased and at the last visit, 31.3% of patients were diagnosed as having
Follow-up Blood Pressure Trends
Variable | Values |
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Last visit SBP (mmHg), mean±standard deviation | 116.0±13.4 |
Last visit DBP (mmHg), mean±standard deviation | 71.1±11.9 |
Last follow up blood pressure stage, N (%) [number of patients with antihypertensive medication] | |
Normotensive | 16 (51.6) [2] |
Elevated blood pressure | 12 (38.7) [5] |
Hypertension stage 1 | 1 (3.2) [0] |
Hypertension stage 2 | 2 (6.5) [2] |
Last visit BMI, median (range) | 21.2 (15.8–31.8) |
Last visit overweight and obesity, N (%) | 11 (35.5) |
Last steroid dose, converted to PD (mg/kg/day), median (range) | 0.1 (0.03–0.6) |
LVH at any period |
6 (42.9) |
2 (6.3) | |
Last visit Ped-SDI, median (range), N (%) | 1.0 (0–5) |
In 14 patients, data was available.
Abbreviations: SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; BMI, body mass index; PD, prednisolone; LVH, left ventricular hypertrophy; PRES, posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome; Ped-SDI, The Pediatric Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics/American College of Rheumatology Damage Index.