Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of patients.
| Patients, n (boys n, %) | 92 (50, 54.3%) | |||
| Mean age (years) ± SD | 11.4 ± 3 | |||
| Etiology, n (%) | ||||
| Overweight/obesity | 51 (55) | |||
| CKD | 27 (29.3) | |||
| OSAS/snoring | 9 (9.8) | |||
| Primary hypertension | 5 (5.4) | |||
| BMI, n (%) | ||||
| Normal weight | 37 (40.2) | |||
| Overweight | 10 (10.9) | |||
| Obese | 45 (48.9) | |||
| BP classification, n (%) | ||||
| Normal | 10 (10.9) | |||
| High-normal | 12 (13) | |||
| Hypertension | 70 (76.1) | |||
| BP classification according to diagnosis, n (%) | CKD | ED with normal weight | ED with overweight | ED obeses |
| Normal | 3 (17.6) | 3 (15) | 0 | 1 (2.6) |
| High-normal | 7 (41.2) | 8 (40) | 1 (25) | 3 (7.9) |
| Hypertension | 7 (41.2) | 9 (45) | 3 (75) | 34 (89.5) |
| Cardiac morphology, n (%) | ||||
| Normal | 57 (61.9) | |||
| Remodeling | 9 (9.8) | |||
| Eccentric hypertrophy | 17 (18.5) | |||
| Concentric hypertrophy | 9 (9.8) | |||
| Ventricular function, n (%) | ||||
| Normal | 74 (80.4) | |||
| Systolic dysfunction | 12 (13) | |||
| Diastolic dysfunction | 3 (3.3) | |||
| Impaired relaxation | 3 (3.3) | |||
Legend: CKD stands for chronic kidney disease; ED stands for endocrine disorders; BP stands for blood pressure; n stands for number of patients.