The influence of body weight level of school-age children on later development of physcial growth and blood pressure
10.3969/j.issn.1671-8348.2014.08.002
- VernacularTitle:早期学龄儿童的体质量水平对后期体格生长和血压变化的影响
- Author:
Yong ZHANG
;
Yutian WEN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
child;
body weight;
body height;
blood pressure;
catch-up growth
- From:
Chongqing Medicine
2014;(8):900-902
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To study the effects of body weight status in school-age children on later development of physcial growth , physcial growth ,and blood pressure .Methods Physical examination records of schoolchildren completed in 2005 and in 2009 in one district of Chongqing was used by information matching to identify the same person in two examinations .The body weight in former examination was grouped according to the national reference of weight by age ;the effects of this body weight level on the changes of weight ,height ,and blood pressure between two examinations were analyzed .Results There were 10 373 subjects aged from 6-14 years old were linked between two examinations .Results showed that in younger children underweight was associated with a higher increasments of weight and height .The increment of blood pressure was negatively associated with weight in younger children but this relationship disappeared or reversed in older children .The increment of blood pressure was also positively associated with the weight gain in all children ,no effects of height gain on blood pressure was founded .Conclusion Underweight usually has a catch up development of weight and hieght before puberty ,underweight in younger school age ,more weight gain and overweight in older school age mihgt be the risk factors of hypertension .
