PMID- 30664657
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20200713
LR  - 20200713
IS  - 1476-5527 (Electronic)
IS  - 0950-9240 (Linking)
VI  - 33
IP  - 4
DP  - 2019 Apr
TI  - Obesity and season as determinants of high blood pressure in a school-based 
      screening study.
PG  - 277-285
LID - 10.1038/s41371-019-0168-0 [doi]
AB  - This school-based screening study assessed the prevalence of high blood pressure 
      (BP) levels according to the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) 2016 
      guidelines. Moreover, risk factors for BP elevation, and the effect of geographic 
      and seasonal factors on BP screening were investigated. BP and anthropometric 
      measurements were obtained from 2832 children and adolescents, aged 6-18 years, 
      during the period 2013-2016. Three BP measurements were performed using a mercury 
      sphygmomanometer, and the mean of the last two was used for the analysis. Obesity 
      was defined according to the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) criteria. 
      The prevalence of high-normal BP/hypertension and overweight/obesity was 
      3.7%/0.9%, and 22.9%/8.5%, respectively. The majority of the participants 
      presenting high BP (>/=90th percentile) were overweight or obese. Increased 
      prevalence of high BP was observed during spring (5.5%) and winter (5%) compared 
      with 2.5% in autumn (P<0.05). SBP z scores were higher in males, during spring 
      and summer, and in urban areas. In conclusion, a low rate of high-normal and 
      hypertensive BP levels was found despite the high prevalence of overweight and 
      obesity. Overweight and obesity were associated with higher BP levels, but there 
      was also a seasonal difference in the prevalence of high BP levels.
FAU - Nika, Thomaitsa
AU  - Nika T
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1489-8029
AD  - 3rdDepartment of Pediatrics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokratio 
      Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. nika.thomai@gmail.com.
FAU - Stabouli, Stella
AU  - Stabouli S
AD  - 1stDepartment of Pediatrics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokratio 
      Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
FAU - Kollios, Konstantinos
AU  - Kollios K
AD  - 3rdDepartment of Pediatrics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokratio 
      Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
FAU - Papadopoulou-Legbelou, Kyriaki
AU  - Papadopoulou-Legbelou K
AD  - 4thDepartment of Pediatrics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou 
      General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
FAU - Printza, Nikoleta
AU  - Printza N
AD  - 1stDepartment of Pediatrics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokratio 
      Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
FAU - Antza, Christina
AU  - Antza C
AD  - 3rdDepartment of Internal Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 
      Hypertension-24h ABPM Center, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, 
      Greece.
FAU - Papachristou, Fotios
AU  - Papachristou F
AD  - 1stDepartment of Pediatrics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokratio 
      Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
FAU - Kotsis, Vasilios
AU  - Kotsis V
AD  - 3rdDepartment of Internal Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 
      Hypertension-24h ABPM Center, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, 
      Greece.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20190121
PL  - England
TA  - J Hum Hypertens
JT  - Journal of human hypertension
JID - 8811625
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - *Blood Pressure
MH  - Blood Pressure Determination
MH  - Child
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Greece/epidemiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hypertension/diagnosis/*epidemiology/physiopathology
MH  - Male
MH  - Pediatric Obesity/diagnosis/*epidemiology/physiopathology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - *School Health Services
MH  - *Seasons
EDAT- 2019/01/22 06:00
MHDA- 2020/07/14 06:00
CRDT- 2019/01/22 06:00
PHST- 2018/10/12 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2019/01/07 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2018/12/26 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2019/01/22 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/07/14 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2019/01/22 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1038/s41371-019-0168-0 [pii]
AID - 10.1038/s41371-019-0168-0 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Hum Hypertens. 2019 Apr;33(4):277-285. doi: 10.1038/s41371-019-0168-0. Epub 
      2019 Jan 21.