ReNEW Clinic Cohort Study

Johns Hopkins University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Hypertension; Overweight; Prehypertension; Elevated Blood Pressure; Obesity; Left Ventricular Hypertrophy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT03816462

IRB00056175

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is an ongoing, prospective cohort study of children and young adults who are evaluated in the Reversing the Negative Effects of Weight on the Heart (ReNEW) Clinic at Johns Hopkins University.

Demographic and clinical data of patients who agree to participate are obtained via chart review and entered into a longitudinal clinic registry.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 22 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children and young adults with overweight or obesity referred for evaluation of elevated blood pressure in the ReNEW Clinic at Johns Hopkins University are eligible.

Exclusion criteria

• Children who are wards of the state or who are non-English speaking without an in-person interpreter accompanying them to the clinic visit.