Evaluation of Blood Pressure in Children with Hydronephrosis in Comparison with Healthy Children

Abstract

Background: Nowadays hypertension (HTN) is a common finding in children. Also, hydronephrosis is a common clinical condition that is referred to physicians. Kidney disease is the most common reason of secondary HTN in children. Objectives: In this study, the researchers aimed at evaluating the relationship between HTN and hydronephrosis in children. Methods: This was a case-control study that was done on children older than four years old. The case group included children with hydronephrosis that referred to the pediatrics clinic of Amirkabir hospital in Arak, Iran. At the same time, healthy children with the same demographic condition were entered in the control group. Results: This study was done on 328 children in case (108 children: 42 males and 66 females) and control (220 children: 98 males and 122 females) groups. The mean age of these children was 7.52 ± 2.48 years old. Overall, 95.4% of the case group and 85% of the control were in the normal range of diastolic blood pressure (P-value = 0.013) and 99.1% of the case group and 89.5% of the control group were in the normal range for systolic blood pressure (P-value = 0.007). Conclusions: It could be concluded that hydronephrosis and HTN had a relationship.