Pediatr. praxi. 2009;10(2):80-81

Obesity - associated hypertension in childhood

doc. MUDr. Zuzana Urbanová CSc¹, prof. MUDr. Milan Šamánek DrSc²

¹ Klinika dětského a dorostového lékařství 1. LF UK a VFN, Praha

² Dětské kardiocentrum, FN Motol, Praha

The increasing prevalence of hypertension in children and adolescents is strongly associated with increasing prevalence of obesity.

The pathogenetic consequences are still unclear and very complicated. Obesity could be potential cause of hypertension, on the other

hand family history of essential hypertension could be predictor of later onset of hypertension in non-obese children. The most obese

individuals are hypertonic and mostly all hypertonic individuals have increased BMI or accumulation of visceral fat. So there is not yet

sufficient evidence about consequences of these two diseases. The aim of this article was to summarise the recent discoveries of etiopathogenesis

of hypertension related obesity and possibility to influence of these mechanisms in childhood.

Keywords: primary hypertension, obesity, etiopathogenesis, children, adolescents.

Published: April 1, 2009  Show citation