Relationship between overweight, obesity and high blood pressure among middle school students in Kaifeng City / 中国学校卫生

ABSTRACT

Objective@#To analyze the association between overweight, obesity and high blood pressure among middle school students in Kaifeng city.@*Methods@#A multi stage stratified cluster sampling method was used to select 4 058 middle school students in Kaifeng City to measure blood pressure, height and weight, and to analyze the relationship between overweight and obesity and high blood pressure from September to October 2019.@*Results@#The prevalence of high blood pressure in middle school students in Kaifeng was 11.78%. Compared with normal weight group, overweight ( OR =1.65) and obesity ( OR =3.32) were significantly correlated with the risk of high blood pressure ( P <0.01). The risk of high blood pressure in overweight and obese boys was 1.87 and 4.16 times higher than that in normal weight boys, respectively. The risk of high blood pressure for overweight and obese girls was 1.55 and 2.69 times higher than that for normal weight girls, respectively. The risk of high blood pressure in high school and normal weight group, middle school and overweight/obesity group, and high school and overweight/obesity group were 1.90, 2.85 and 3.39 times higher than that in middle school and normal weight group, respectively ( P =0.02).@*Conclusion@#The prevention of high blood pressure in middle school students should start from the prevention of overweight and obesity, especially among overweight and obese boys. Risk of high blood pressure increases with grade among overweight/obese middle school students.