New study aims to uncover why some kids with high blood pressure develop heart and kidney problems

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

INCLUSION CRITERIA: HYPERTENSION COHORT * 7-18 years of age at time of enrollment * Confirmed new diagnosis of primary hypertension: no identifiable secondary cause, referred to hypertension or nephrology clinic * Age \<13 years: BP ≥95th %ile or ≥130/80 mmHg (whichever is lower) * Age ≥13 years: BP ≥130/80 mmHg * Participants and their caregivers must be willing and able to commit to completing the study assessments EXCLUSION CRITERIA: HYPERTENSION COHORT * \<7 years or \>18 years of age at time of enrollment * BP confirmed as normal or in the elevated BP category based on ≥3 prior office BP measurements on separate days; * Age \<13 years: BP \<95th %ile or \<130/80 mmHg (whichever is lower) * Age ≥13 years: BP \<130/80 mmHg * A confirmed secondary cause of hypertension * Confounding medical condition (heart or kidney disease \[except hypertension-associated heart changes on echocardiogram or albuminuria\], vascular/inflammatory disease, or diabetes) * Inability to complete study assessments * Non-English/Spanish speakers * Current pregnancy * Ward of the State INCLUSION CRITERIA: CONTROL COHORT * 7-18 years of age at time of enrollment * Normal BP based on ≥3 prior office BP measurements on separate days; * Age \<13 years: BP \<90th %ile or \<120/80 mmHg (whichever is lower) * Age ≥13 years: BP \<120/80 mmHg * Participants and their caregivers must be willing and able to commit to completing the study assessments EXCLUSION CRITERIA: CONTROL COHORT * \<7 or \>18 years of age at time of enrollment * Elevated BP or hypertension, based on ≥3 prior office BP measurements on separate days: * Age \<13 years: BP ≥90th %ile or ≥120/80 mmHg (whichever is lower) * Age ≥13 years: BP ≥120/80 mmHg * History of elevated BP or hypertension * Current use of BP-lowering medications * Confounding medical condition (heart or kidney disease, vascular/inflammatory disease, or diabetes) * Inability to complete study assessments * Non-English/Spanish speakers * Current pregnancy * Ward of the State