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The well-child visit is intended to detect potential threats to wellness and to provide appropriate interventions. To determine the incidence of undiagnosed hypertension in a pediatric population, investigators performed a review of electronic medical records for 14,187 children and adolescents (age range, 3–18 years) who attended at least three well-child care visits at community-based clinics of an academic medical center from 1999 to 2006. Stage 1 hypertension was defined as systolic or diastolic blood pressure (BP) readings at three visits at or above the 95th percentile for sex, age, and height; stage 2 hypertension was defined as three BP readings at or above the 99th percentile plus 5 mm Hg; prehypertension was defined as an average …