A study by the University of Rochester Medical Center has revealed an association between ADHD and hypertension (high blood pressure) among young people.
The following is an excerpt from a Nov. 12 article by Kathy Jones of MedIndia.net Child Health News:
- The study involved 201 patients, all of whom had been referred to a pediatric hypertension clinic at URMC's Golisano Children's Hospital
- 101 of the patients who were studied actually had hypertension, or sustained high blood pressure, determined by 24-hour ambulatory monitoring or monitoring by a school nurse or at home.
- Overall, 18 percent of the children had learning disabilities, well above the general population's rate of 5 percent.
- But the percentage among those without hypertension was closer to 9 percent, and among those with hypertension, the rate jumped to 28 percent.
- All of the children were between 10- and 18-years-old, and the children's learning disability and ADHD diagnoses were reported by parents.
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