Table 4

Clinical characteristics of 6 participants (with either HbSS or HbSβ° thalassemia) between 5 and 15 years of age who had a clinical diagnosis of hypertension in the SIT Trial or started hypertensive medications

Age, ySexMedicationBPIndicationMRI results
Female Enalapril 123/74 Enalapril for hypertension and congenital single kidney 1 faint lesion in the right frontal lobe white matter 
    Started 2 y before the diagnosis of SCI 1 lesion in the posterior corpus callosum 
Male Enalapril 110/57 Enalapril for mitral valve prolapse 5-mm lesion in the left centrum semiovale 
    Started 8 y before the diagnosis of SCI  
14 Male Lisinopril 126/62 Lisinopril for hypertension High parietal white matter lesion on the right 
    Started 1.5 y before the diagnosis of SCI  
11 Female Atenolol 114/63 Atenolol for hypertension Diffuse, bihemispheric ischemic injury 
    Started 2 mo before the diagnosis of SCI  
11 Male Enalapril 104/58 Enalapril for hypertension 2 lesions in the left frontal lobe 
    Started 6 y before the diagnosis of SCI Bilateral posterior perventricular white matter abnormality 
Male Enalapril 135/67 Enalapril for hypertension Does not have an infarct-like lesion 
    Started 2 y before the diagnosis of SCI  
Age, ySexMedicationBPIndicationMRI results
Female Enalapril 123/74 Enalapril for hypertension and congenital single kidney 1 faint lesion in the right frontal lobe white matter 
    Started 2 y before the diagnosis of SCI 1 lesion in the posterior corpus callosum 
Male Enalapril 110/57 Enalapril for mitral valve prolapse 5-mm lesion in the left centrum semiovale 
    Started 8 y before the diagnosis of SCI  
14 Male Lisinopril 126/62 Lisinopril for hypertension High parietal white matter lesion on the right 
    Started 1.5 y before the diagnosis of SCI  
11 Female Atenolol 114/63 Atenolol for hypertension Diffuse, bihemispheric ischemic injury 
    Started 2 mo before the diagnosis of SCI  
11 Male Enalapril 104/58 Enalapril for hypertension 2 lesions in the left frontal lobe 
    Started 6 y before the diagnosis of SCI Bilateral posterior perventricular white matter abnormality 
Male Enalapril 135/67 Enalapril for hypertension Does not have an infarct-like lesion 
    Started 2 y before the diagnosis of SCI  

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