Blood Pressure Profiles in Adolescents With Recently Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes
- Christine A. Brosnan, DrPH, RN1,
- Janet C. Meininger, PHD, RN, FAAN1,
- Paul R. Swank, PHD2,
- Lisa R. Reyes, MSN, RN1 and
- Patrick G. Brosnan, MD2
- 1University of Texas Health Science Center School of Nursing, Systems and Technology, Houston, Texas
- 2University of Texas Health Science Center School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Houston, Texas
Type 2 diabetes in children is a recent phenomenon, and current evidence about diabetes and hypertension is based on adult studies. Adults with diabetes have changes in 24-h ambulatory blood pressure (BP) profiles, including a decrease in sleep dip (the decline in BP that normally occurs during sleep) and increased systolic blood pressure (SBP), that are associated with early cardiovascular disease (1).
This cross-sectional study compared 24-h BP and heart rate (HR) profiles of Hispanic and African-American adolescents recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes with the profiles of two groups of 10 healthy control subjects matched for age, sex, height, and …
