Table 2
Review of hypertension in neonates on or recently discharged from neonatal units
| Percentage of cases in series | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reference | Year | n | Postnatal age of diagnosis (days) | Odds ratio for hypertension UAC v no UAC (stated or calculable) | Umbilical artery catheter (UAC) | Aortic or renal artery thrombus or embolus | Renal vascular | Other renal | Neurogenic tumour | Coarctation | No cause |
| Neonatal unit stay | |||||||||||
| Adelman24 | 1978 | 9 | 10 | 4.8 | 89 | 89 | |||||
| Skalina17 | 1986 | 20 | 13 | − | 80 | 65 | 10 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Buchi15 | 1986 | 53 | 11 | − | 75 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 57 |
| Singh16 | 1992 | 26 | − | 44 | 77 | 19 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 15 | |
| Follow up | |||||||||||
| Sheftel23 | 1983 | 7 | 103 | 1.0 | 43 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 57 | ||
| Friedman13 | 1987 | 17 | 105 | 1.1 | 29 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 71 | |
| Arar28 | 1994 | 12 | − | − | − | 50 | 8 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
