“…1,2 A study in the Dallas Independent School District in [1976][1977] found that the prevalence of systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure affected by school-aged children was probably between 0.37% and 1.2%, respectively, while the rate of the incidence of hypertension in children and adolescents was probably between 1% to 3%.3 In Indonesia, the incidence of hypertension in children and adolescents varied from 3.55 to 4.6%. 1 Past studies have noted that more than 80% of adolescent hypertension cases are due to essential hypertension, followed by kidney disease. 1,3 Risk factors for elevated blood pressure in adolescents Arie Taufansyah Putra Nasution, Rafita Ramayati, Sri Sofyani, Oke Rina Ramayani, Rosmayanti Siregar include heredity, age, sex, salt intake, lifestyle, stress, and obesity.…”