Relationship between blood pressure and body mass index,waist-to-height ratio and body surface area among 7-to-13 year old children in Jinpan district,Haikou city / 中国小儿急救医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To survye the relationshi p between blood pressure and body mass index ( BMI) ,waist-to-height ratio( WHtR) and body surface area( BSA) amogn 7 to 13 years old children in Jin-pan id strict,Haikou city.Methods A total of 1 018 school-age children aged from 7 to 13 years old were se-lected from two elementary schools in Jinpan distir ct,Haikou cti y.Blo odp ressure,height, weight and wa ist circumferencew ere measuredi n all children.BMI,WHtR,BSA were calculated and statistci al analyis s was performed by SPSS 22.0 software.Results The Pearson Correlation Coefficient of BMI and bloodp er ssure showed that BMI was posti vely correlatde with ob th systolic and id astoil c blood pressure(r=0.489,0.454, P<0.01,respective ly).The Pearos n Correlation Cofe ficient of WHtR and blood pressure showed that WHtR was positively correlated with both systolic and diastolic blood pressure(r=0.294,0.310,P<0.01,respec-tively) .The Pearson Correlation Coefficient of BSA and blood pressure showed that BSA was positively cor-related with both systolic and diastolic blood per ssure(r=0.603,0.520,P<0.01,respectively).The WHtR adn BSA of hypetr ension group were higher than those of the non-hypertension group( P<0.01) in both male and female children.Conclusion The blood pressure in 7 to 13 years old school-age children of Jinpan dis-trict,Haikou city is related to the BMI,WHtR and BSA respectively.