Prevalence of hypertension in schoolgoing children.
Indian Pediatr
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1996 May; 33(5): 377-81
Artigo
em Inglês
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-6246
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To establish norms of blood pressure in children of different age groups, prevalence of hypertension and probable precipitating or aggravating factors.DESIGN:
Cross sectional study.SETTING:
Five thousand school children of Amritsar city.METHODS:
Three readings of blood pressure were recorded. Norms for each year age group from 5-17 years of age were established. Persistently hypertensive children were investigated. Influencing factors like family history of hypertension and obesity were taken into account.RESULTS:
The blood pressure increased with increase in age with a spurt in systolic blood pressure at the age of 12 years in both the sexes. There was no significant differences in the blood pressure of two sexes at various age groups except for systolic blood pressure at 5,6 and 16 years and for diastolic blood pressure at 9 and 13 years. Only 0.46% children were hypertensive. Children with obesity (n = 342) and family history of hypertension (n = 271) had hypertension in 3.5% (n = 12) and 5.9% (n = 16) cases, respectively as compared to other children in which the prevalence was only 0.23% and 0.14%, respectively.CONCLUSIONS:
The norms for determining hypertension in this population were established and it's prevalence was 0.46%. Significant risk factors were obesity and family history of hypertension.
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Assunto principal:
Determinação da Pressão Arterial
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Criança
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Pré-Escolar
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Prevalência
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Estudos Transversais
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Fatores de Risco
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Adolescente
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
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Estudo observacional
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Estudo de prevalência
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Fatores de risco
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Indian Pediatr
Ano de publicação:
1996
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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