PMID- 17301718
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070719
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 0026-4946 (Print)
IS  - 0026-4946 (Linking)
VI  - 59
IP  - 1
DP  - 2007 Feb
TI  - [Increase of hypertension among adolescents in Rome].
PG  - 1-5
AB  - AIM: The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of overweight/obese 
      and hypertensive roman adolescents belonging to a medium-low social environment. 
      The purpose of this research was also to find out the correlations between high 
      blood pressure and obesity, dietary habits and physical activity. METHODS: 
      Nutritional status of 474 subjects (age 12.7+/-0.9 years) of a low-medium social 
      class public school was assessed by measuring height, weight and waist 
      circumference according to international indications. Over-weight and obesity 
      were defined by body mass index (BMI) according to International Obesity Task 
      Force (IOTF). Blood pressure (BP) was measured in duplicate and hypertension was 
      defined by international percentiles. Food habits and lifestyle were investigated 
      by a questionnaire. Multivariate logistic regression was used to relate 
      variables. RESULTS: The prevalence of overweight and obese adolescents was 
      respectively 31.7% and 10.3% with a slight higher presence of males in both 
      cases. The whole sample showed a prevalence of hypertension of 10.1%. Systolic 
      and diastolic BP showed a direct association with BMI and waist circumference 
      (P<0.01). BMI and systolic and diastolic BP were lower in active students (>7 h a 
      week of physical activity). Food habits were not associated with hypertension. 
      CONCLUSIONS: The high prevalence of hypertensive adolescents could be explained 
      with the consistent number of overweight/obese subjects, their social medium-low 
      context and their being sedentary. As reported in literature, all these factors 
      may contribute to the ''metabolic syndrome'' aetiology.
FAU - Menghetti, E
AU  - Menghetti E
AD  - Direzione Gruppo Studio Ipertensione, Roma.
FAU - Cairella, G
AU  - Cairella G
FAU - Castoro, F
AU  - Castoro F
FAU - Censi, L
AU  - Censi L
FAU - D'Addesa, D
AU  - D'Addesa D
FAU - Martone, D
AU  - Martone D
FAU - Rosano, A
AU  - Rosano A
FAU - Scanu, A
AU  - Scanu A
FAU - Sonni, L
AU  - Sonni L
FAU - Spagnolo, A
AU  - Spagnolo A
LA  - ita
PT  - Journal Article
TT  - Notevole aumento di soggetti ipertesi tra gli adolescenti romani.
PL  - Italy
TA  - Minerva Pediatr
JT  - Minerva pediatrica
JID - 0400740
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Catchment Area, Health
MH  - Child
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hypertension/*epidemiology
MH  - Italy/epidemiology
MH  - Life Style
MH  - Male
MH  - Metabolic Syndrome/epidemiology
MH  - Obesity/epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
EDAT- 2007/02/16 09:00
MHDA- 2007/07/20 09:00
CRDT- 2007/02/16 09:00
PHST- 2007/02/16 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/07/20 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/02/16 09:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Minerva Pediatr. 2007 Feb;59(1):1-5.