Overweight and blood pressure: results from the examination of a selected group of adolescents in northern Italy
| Autor: | Carla Roggi, Giovanna Maria Clelia Turconi, Rosella Bazzano, L Maccarini |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Waist Adolescent Systolic hypertension Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena Diastolic Hypertension Prevalence Diastole Medicine (miscellaneous) Blood Pressure Comorbidity Overweight Body Mass Index Sex Factors medicine Humans Nutrition and Dietetics Anthropometry Waist-Hip Ratio business.industry Body Weight Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health medicine.disease Health Surveys Surgery Cross-Sectional Studies Blood pressure Adipose Tissue Italy Cardiovascular Diseases Hypertension Body Composition Female medicine.symptom business Body mass index Demography |
| Zdroj: | Public Health Nutrition. 11:905-913 |
| ISSN: | 1475-2727 1368-9800 |
| Popis: | ObjectiveThe aim of the present study was to investigate blood pressure (BP) levels and their relationship with different indices of body fat in a group of adolescents, in order to evaluate the prevalence of hypertension and plan preventive and corrective strategies.DesignCross-sectional study in primary care.SettingAll high schools in the Aosta Valley region, northern Italy.SubjectsFive hundred and thirty-two adolescents of both sexes, aged 15·4 (standard deviation 0·7) years. The following parameters were measured: body weight, body height, body mass index (BMI), four skinfold thicknesses, body fat mass, waist and hip circumferences and BP.ResultsBMI data indicated a high prevalence of overweight subjects in both sexes, but higher in males, while the prevalence rate of obese adolescents was lower. Of the total, 11·8 % of subjects suffered from systolic hypertension, while 6·9 % suffered from diastolic hypertension. In linear correlation analysis, BMI and all adiposity indices, except waist:hip ratio, were found to be significantly associated (P ranging between 0·05 and 0·001) with both systolic BP and diastolic BP in both sexes, with r ranging between 0·152 and 0·359. Multiple regression analysis with the stepwise method showed BMI and body fat mass to have the strongest association (P < 0·001) with BP, with r ranging between 0·275 and 0·359.ConclusionUnless reversed, these conditions are worrying and predict the possible development of cardiovascular disease in adulthood. There is a pressing need to develop a comprehensive medical and nutrition plan, together with preventive and corrective strategies, in school programmes. |
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