Over 1.5 million U.S. youngsters have undiagnosed high blood pressure, says a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Wednesday, Aug. 22.
The study, chaired by Dr. David Kaelber of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and Harvard Medical School, revealed that three quarters of the 2 million U.S. youngsters who are estimated to have high blood pressure don't realized the problem. This leaves them at risk for developing organ damage in their future life.