ABSTRACT
This school based cross sectional study was done to estimate the prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension among apparently healthy school children in urban and rural Mysore. Prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension was 2.9% and 2.8% in urban children and 2.8% and 2% in rural children with no statistically significant difference between them.
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Hypertension/epidemiology , Prehypertension/epidemiology , Students/statistics & numerical data , Adolescent , Child , Female , Humans , India/epidemiology , Male , Rural Population , Urban PopulationABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To study the prevalence of prediabetes among school children in Mysore city. DESIGN: Cross sectional study. SETTINGS: Children aged 5-10 years from three schools in Mysore city were included. Study was done over a period of 1 year during 2006-2007. PARTICIPANTS: 726 children (59.8%; males). MAIN OUTCOME: Prevalence of prediabetes. Prediabetes was defined as fasting blood sugar level between 100-125 mg/dL. RESULTS: The prevalence of prediabetes was 3.7%;. No statistically significant association was observed with major risk factors of diabetes. CONCLUSIONS: Efforts must be made to recognize type 2 diabetes in the asymptomatic prediabetes state.
