Persistently high blood pressure, or hypertension, may spell worse heart trouble for black children under the age of 13 than for other children of the same ages, according to research led by scientists at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and published in the November issue of Pediatrics.

Read more: http://www.hopkinschildrens.org/High-Blood-Pressure-May-Take-Greater-Toll-on-Youngest-Black-Children-s-Hearts.aspx