Xu RY, et al. - Researchers prospectively assessed the link between three adiposity indices (body mass index[BMI], waist circumference [WC], and percentage of body fat [PBF]) and hypertension risk in normal-weight Chinese children (age 6 to 14 years old). Study participants were free of hypertension at baseline (2014) and were followed up for 2 years, during which 88 incident hypertension cases were reported. They observed a 32% higher likelihood of developing hypertension in association with each SD increase of BMI (≈1.85 kg/m²). A high risk of hypertension in normal-weight Chinese children was linked to high BMI, but not WC or PBF.