[Arterial pressure and obesity. Studies in children]. / Presión arterial y obesidad. Estudios en niños.
Arch Inst Cardiol Mex
; 50(6): 703-8, 1980.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-7469613
The relationship between obesity and hypertension is well documented within the literature. It has been demonstrated that among hypertensive children and adolescents a greater percentage are obese; among children who are obese arterial blood pressure is higher and there is a greater incidence of hypertension. As part of a prospective study of arterial blood pressure 176 children were studied of ranging in age from 5 to 8 years. The correlation between K1 and other parameters indicating the degree of obesity was calculated. The best correlation score was found using the ponderal index (r = .53; p--.001). Body weight as well as the thickness of the albow crease showed a similar correlation with blood pressure (r = .50; p--.001). The correlation with the index for ideal weight expressed as a percentage representing the excess or deficit as compared to the ideal weight by age, sex, and heighth was also statistically significant, although the r-socre was less (r = .37; p--.01). These data confirm a positive and significant relationship between K1 and indices for obesity.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Hipertensão
/
Obesidade
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
/
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Arch Inst Cardiol Mex
Ano de publicação:
1980
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
México