PMID- 22337208
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120911
LR  - 20220330
IS  - 1941-7225 (Electronic)
IS  - 0895-7061 (Linking)
VI  - 25
IP  - 5
DP  - 2012 May
TI  - Blood pressure and obesity among adolescents: a school-based population study in 
      China.
PG  - 576-82
LID - 10.1038/ajh.2012.5 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: There is little information regarding the obesity epidemical 
      situation and risk factors of childhood hypertension (HTN) in China. The present 
      study aimed to determine the prevalence of HTN/prehypertension (PHTN), as well as 
      the associated risk factors, among adolescents in Changsha city, China. METHODS: 
      A total of 88,974 adolescents from 49 middle schools in Changsha city between 12 
      and 17 years of age were examined during 2009. Body weight, height, and blood 
      pressure (BP) were measured in all adolescents. HTN and PHTN were defined 
      according to sex- and age-specific Chinese reference data. Overweight and obesity 
      were also defined according to sex- and age-specific Chinese reference data. 
      RESULTS: It was determined that the prevalence of PHTN and HTN were 7.2 and 3.1%, 
      respectively. Furthermore, 14.6% of male adolescents were overweight and 7.0% 
      were obese, whereas 8.6% of female adolescents were overweight and 2.9% were 
      obese. The risk ratio (RR) of HTN were significantly higher in overweight (RR: 
      2.8, 95% confidence interval (CI): 2.6-3.2) and obese (RR: 8.7, 95% CI: 8.1-9.5) 
      adolescents adjusted for age, sex, and height. CONCLUSIONS: Chinese reference 
      data were used to evaluate BP and body mass index (BMI) of children and 
      adolescents. Higher prevalence of HTN was associated with higher BMI percentiles. 
      Being overweight or obese markedly increased the risk of both HTN and PHTN among 
      adolescents between 12 and 17 years of age in Changsha city, China.
FAU - Cao, Zhong-qiang
AU  - Cao ZQ
AD  - Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical 
      College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China.
FAU - Zhu, Liping
AU  - Zhu L
FAU - Zhang, Tao
AU  - Zhang T
FAU - Wu, Li
AU  - Wu L
FAU - Wang, Youjie
AU  - Wang Y
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20120216
PL  - United States
TA  - Am J Hypertens
JT  - American journal of hypertension
JID - 8803676
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Blood Pressure/*physiology
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Child
MH  - China/epidemiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hypertension/*epidemiology
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/*complications/physiopathology
MH  - Prehypertension/*epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - *Schools
EDAT- 2012/02/18 06:00
MHDA- 2012/09/12 06:00
CRDT- 2012/02/17 06:00
PHST- 2012/02/17 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/02/18 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/09/12 06:00 [medline]
AID - ajh20125 [pii]
AID - 10.1038/ajh.2012.5 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Am J Hypertens. 2012 May;25(5):576-82. doi: 10.1038/ajh.2012.5. Epub 2012 Feb 16.