Nutritional status of school-aged children and its relation to blood pressure. / Nutritional status of school-aged children and its relation to blood pressure.
Arch Argent Pediatr
; 111(2): 92-7, 2013 Apr.
Article
em Es
| BINACIS
| ID: bin-133173
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Obesity is associated with a wide range of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases.OBJECTIVE:
To establish an association between the nutritional status of 6-10 year old boys and girls and blood pressure. POPULATION ANDMETHODS:
A cross-sectional, analytical study was conducted in 6-10 year old schoolboys and schoolgirls. Outcome measures and indicators studied included nutritional status as per body mass index; presence of central fat mass distribution estimated by waist circumference; and blood pressure (height, age and gender tables). Differences in mean values were analyzed using a Students t test. The relationship between outcome measures was estimated using Pearsons correlation coefficient. Linear regression models were adjusted for systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure using the following explanatory outcomemeasures:
z scores for body mass index, age, gender and waist circumference.RESULTS:
Five hundred and fifty five male and female children were evaluated; they were all younger than 11 years old. A total of 26.3
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Coleções:
06-national
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AR
Base de dados:
BINACIS
Assunto principal:
Pressão Sanguínea
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Estado Nutricional
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Arch Argent Pediatr
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Argentina