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Factors contributing to blood pressure levels in children and adolescents
| Genetic | Parental and sibling blood pressure levels |
| Increased salt sensitivity | |
| Autonomic abnormalities | |
| Obesity | |
| Environmental | Exercise |
| Birth weight | |
| Socioeconomic status | |
| Neonatal weight gain | |
| Early childhood growth | |
| Mixed genetic and environmental | Height |
| Sexual maturation | |
| Sympathetic nervous system reactivity | |
| Pulse rate | |
| Sodium and other nutrient intakes | |
| Stress | |
| Body mass | |
| Weight |
