The association of overweight and obesity with blood pressure among Chinese children and adolescents.
- Author:
Bin DONG
1
;
Jun MA
;
Hai Jun WANG
;
Zhi Qiang WANG
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords: Adolescents; Children; High blood pressure; Obesity
- MeSH: Adolescent; Aging; Asian Continental Ancestry Group; Child; China; epidemiology; Female; Humans; Hypertension; epidemiology; etiology; Male; Overweight; complications; epidemiology; Prevalence
- From: Biomedical and Environmental Sciences 2013;26(6):437-444
- CountryChina
- Language:English
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo examine the association between obesity and high blood pressure (BP) in Chinese children and adolescents.
METHODSBody mass index (BMI) and blood pressure measurements of 197 191 children aged 7-17 years were obtained from a Chinese national survey in 2010. Obesity and high BP were defined according to the reference values for Chinese children. Adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of different BMI categories for high BP, as well as the population attributable risk percent (PAR%), were also calculated.
RESULTSThe prevalence of high BP was 16.1% for boys and 12.9% for girls in 2010. Overweight and obese children had a significantly higher prevalence of high BP than non-overweight children in both boys and girls in each age group. ORs (95% CI) for high BP were 4.1 (3.9, 4.4) in obese boys and 4.0 (3.7, 4.3) in obese girls. The overall PAR% for high BP due to overweight and obesity was 14.4%.
CONCLUSIONOverweight and obese children have a significantly higher risk of high BP than non-overweight children. Eliminating overweight and obesity could reduce 14.4% of high BP cases.
