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A recent study in China has found that secondary hypertension is still the most common type of hypertension among children, particularly in girls, during the past decade. The dominant cause of this condition is renal diseases, followed by rheumatic immune diseases.

Increasing numbers of younger people are being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) recently and this is a worrying phenomenon, said consultant endocrinologist Dr Teoh Wei Leng.