Response to "Right Analysis-Wrong Conclusion: Obese Youth With Higher BP Are at Risk for Target Organ Damage"

Affiliations

¹ Atherosclerosis Prevention Institute Munich-Nuremberg, Munich, Germany; Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany; api-schwandt.haas@t-online.de.
² Outpatient Clinic-Hypertension Excellence Centre ESH, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charité CCM, Berlin, Germany;
³ Central Laboratory, Klinikum Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany.
⁴ Atherosclerosis Prevention Institute Munich-Nuremberg, Munich, Germany;

Comment

Peter Schwandt et al. Am J Hypertens. 2015 Aug.

. 2015 Aug;28(8):1072-3.

doi: 10.1093/ajh/hpv085. Epub 2015 Jun 4.

¹ Atherosclerosis Prevention Institute Munich-Nuremberg, Munich, Germany; Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany; api-schwandt.haas@t-online.de.
² Outpatient Clinic-Hypertension Excellence Centre ESH, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charité CCM, Berlin, Germany;
³ Central Laboratory, Klinikum Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany.
⁴ Atherosclerosis Prevention Institute Munich-Nuremberg, Munich, Germany;

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Comment on

Blood pressure percentiles in 22,051 German children and adolescents: The PEP Family Heart Study.
Schwandt P, Scholze JE, Bertsch T, Liepold E, Haas GM. Schwandt P, et al. Am J Hypertens. 2015 May;28(5):672-9. doi: 10.1093/ajh/hpu208. Epub 2014 Nov 19. Am J Hypertens. 2015. PMID: 25413840
Right Analysis-wrong conclusion: Obese youth with higher BP are at risk for target organ damage.
Urbina EM, Falkner B. Urbina EM, et al. Am J Hypertens. 2015 May;28(5):570-1. doi: 10.1093/ajh/hpv009. Epub 2015 Mar 19. Am J Hypertens. 2015. PMID: 25792256 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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