CArdioVAsCUlAr sCreeninG proGrAm in Children in BUdApest
| Autor: | Judit Kormos-tasi, erika gácsi, Fanni tóth, antal czinner, lászló szabó |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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| Zdroj: | New Medicine, Vol 20, Iss 4, Pp 136-139 (2016) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1427-0994 1731-2507 |
| DOI: | 10.5604/01.3001.0009.9385 |
| Popis: | Introduction. obesity is one of the most common health problems of the developed countries. the prevalence is increasing amongadults and children alike. in hungary, the prevalence in children is 9-10%. in 1998, Who (World health organization) classifiedobesity as a disease. obesity, and other metabolic, endocrine and musculoskeletal diseases that are caused by obesity are seen asone of the biggest public health-related problem nowadays. obesity increases the morbidity and mortality in all the populations.Aim. the aim of our screening program was to investigate the prevalence of obesity and its association with hypertension inchildren.Material and methods. A screening program was conducted between April 2010 and may 2011. the screening consisted ofmeasuring blood pressure, heart rate, cholesterol, blood glucose, weight, height, calculating Bmi, and determination of bodycomposition.Results. 2226 children aged 14-18 fullfilling the inclusion criteria participated in the program. 13% of the participantswere overweight (i.e. their Bmi was in between the 85th and 95th percentile of the Bmi for their age) and 4% of them wereobese (i.e. their Bmi was above the 95th percentile for their age). high body fat content was detected in 12.98% of girlsand 5.9% of boys that participated in the study. 66% of girls and 81% of boys with elevated Bmi had high body fat content.mean cholesterol level was significantly higher in the group of overweight and obese participants than in the group of participants with normal Bmi. mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure differed significantly between groups with differentBmi for both girls and boys, with overweight participants most likely to have pathologically high blood pressure.Conclusions. there was a significant increase in both systolic and diastolic blood pressure with an increase in Bmi. the resultsof our study may help design preventive programmes for obesity and hypertension in children. |
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