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2017 American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Practice Guideline: Impact on Prevalence of Arterial Hypertension in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes mellitus

Dost Axel , Bechtold Susanne , Fink Katharina , Bonfig Walter , Wiemann Dagobert , Kapellen Thomas Michael , Witsch Michael , Schwab Karl Otfried , Holl Reinhard Walter

Background: In 2017 the American Academy of Pediatrics has introduced a new guideline (AAP 2017) to diagnose arterial hypertension in children, as the blood pressure thresholds for adults had been lowered before. There is a controversy about these new reference levels as other societies have not followed these recommendations. We studied the impact of the new AAP 2017 guideline on prevalence of arterial hypertension (HTN) in children with Type 1 diabetes melli...