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March 5, 2026European Journal of Pediatrics0 citationsOpen Access

Digital media use and blood pressure in adolescents

HYHande YETİŞGİNPDPervin DemırMİMihriban İnözü

Key Points

  • The central aim is to explore the relationship between problematic internet use, video gaming, and blood pressure levels in adolescents.
  • Assessed internet addiction and video gaming habits in adolescents.
  • Measured daily ambulatory blood pressure parameters.
  • Included both obese and non-obese adolescents in the analysis.
  • Found a significant association between higher internet addiction scores and increased mean daytime blood pressure.
  • This association was evident even among non-obese adolescents.

Abstract

• This study contributes to the limited literature examining the association between problematic internet use, video gaming, and ambulatory blood pressure parameters in adolescents. • Higher internet addiction scores were associated with higher mean daytime blood pressure, including among non-obese adolescents.

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YETİŞGİN et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a91e1fd6127c7a504c1ce8https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-026-06817-6
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