Perfil de presión arterial e historia familiar de hipertensión en niños escolares sanos de Santiago de Chile

Autor:	Marlene Aglony I, Ximena Berríos C, Mónica Acevedo B, Salesa Barja Y, Beatriz Guzmán A, Pilar Arnaiz G, Sonia Márquez U
Jazyk:	Spanish; Castilian
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Percentile business.industry Infant General Medicine Prehypertension C-reactive protein Blood pressure Hypertension Medicine Family history business Child Body mass index Cohort study
Zdroj:	Revista médica de Chile v.137 n.1 2009 SciELO Chile CONICYT Chile instacron:CONICYT
Popis:	Background: The prevalence of pediatric arterial hypertension (AHT) is approximately 1% to 2%. In the last tenyears, mean blood pressure levels (BP) have raised due to obesity and changes in lifestyles. Family history (FH) of AHT is a risk factor to develop AHT in children. Aim: To assess blood pressure, cardiovascular risk factors and family history in healthy children of Santiago. Material and methods: Blood pressure, family history of AHT, birth weight (BW), gestational age, puberal stage, blood glucose, serum lipids and ultrasensitive Reactive C Protein (usCRP) were analyzed, using data from a study of early markers of atherosclerosis in children. Results: Data of 112 children aged between 6-12 years was analyzed. Hypertension (BP >percentile 95) was detected in 2.7% and pre hypertension (BP in percentiles 90-95) in 3.6% ofthe sample. Children with abnormal BP had higher levels of usCRP (p
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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